Arctic Monkeys je britanska indie rock skupina iz Sheffielda.

Je tista
skupina, ki je po koncu Britpopa spet ponesla britanski indie v
mainstream in je tista skupina, ki jo je iz indie scene kot prvo izstrelil
internet. Leta 2001 sta jo ustanovila Alex Turner in Jamie Cook, e
prvi album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not pa je
postal najhitreje prodajani debutantski album v zgodovini britanskih
lestvic. e lahko prvi in drugi album anrsko e umestimo v dokaj
preprost garani post-punk, pa se s tretjim albumom Arctic Monkeys
mono odmaknejo od vpliva The Libertines in se podajo na pot
raziskovanja kompleksnejih glasbenih anrov in eksperimentiranja,
ki se nadaljuje vse do petega albuma AM, ki ga bom opisal v tej
seminarski nalogi. S tem albumom se arktiki dokonno umaknejo
surovemu zvoku kitar in najstnikim idealom, ki so jih postavili na
indie prestol ter jih zamenjajo s kompleksnejimi glasbenimi anri in
temano ljubezensko liriko.
Kar se tie tekstopisja Alexu Turnerju ni bilo nikoli mogoe oitati
slabih besedil, kljub temu pa ele s predzadnjim albumom dokono
presee enodimenzionalnost vsakdanjega ivljenja velemestne
mladine in zane pisati polnokrvno poezijo. Besedila AM so v
primerjavi s prejnjim albumom manj mistina, a e vedno nabita z
metaforami, primerami in drugimi besednimi figurami, ki jih spretno
dopolnjujejo besedne igre in rime, vasih postavljene na povsem
nepriakovana mesta, ki jih manj nadarjeni pisci ne bi niti opazili.
Tudi e nakjuen poslualec ne ve, da se je Turner v zadnjih letih
naposlual Drake-a in Lil Wayne-a je teko spregledati vpliv hip-hopa
na njegovo lirino tehniko.e se na prejnjem albumu Turner
obasno e sprehodi tudi do drugih tematik, je AM v celoti preet z
rdeo nitjo ljubezenske melanholije in sila temanega hrepenenja.
Hrepenenja po izgubljeni ljubezni, hrepenenja po nekom, ki ga pisec
nikakor ne more pozabiti.

Album ni zakljuena celota, prej se se nenehno vrti v krogu. V krogu

Turnerjevega samoizpraevanja, raziskovanja in tuhtanja zakaj in
kako. Zakaj jo eli nazaj, ali eli ona njega ali eli on njo in tako
naprej in nazaj, do zadnje pesmi, kjer preprosto sklene "I wanna be
yours". K albumu je priklenjen stalno ponavljajoi ambient noi,
alkohola in osamljenosti, ki so, se zdi, zmagovalna kombinacija, ki
Turnerju vzbudijo romantina ustva, ki jih opisuje skozi celoten
album.
Medtem ko so besedila, sploh kar se tie tematike in stila, precej
podobna prejnjemu albumu, pa se najveji in najzanimiveji
preskok nedvomno zgodi v zvoku. Turnerjevo dolgoletno
simpazirianje s hip-hopom in elektrom se konno pozna tudi v zvoku
Arctic Monkeys. Ritemsko pesmi le e redko ne sledijo klasinim rock
vzorcem, veliko ve je sinkopiranega ritma in hipnotinih "beatov".
Why do you only call me when you're high, pa tudi katera druga bi
lahko bila brez teav tudi podlaga za rap pesem. A dale od tega,
da je hip-hop edina inspiracija za AM. Album se zane s psihadelino
Do I wanna know, nadaljuje s hard rockersko R U Mine? in se tako
ez 12 pesmi sprehodi e do bluesa, R&B-ja in soula. Kljub vrtiljaku
glasbenih anrov in eksperimentiranju z zvokom, pa pesmi dajejo
obutek kot da so del povezane celote, saj jih povezuje temano in
pesimistino vzduje, ki ga Arctic Monkeys ustvarijo z neobiajnimi
kombinacijami akordov in zvoki kitar, ki e najbolj spominjajo na
Bowijev album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
from Mars (Jamie Coock je v intervjuju za ??? povedal, da je to edini
album, ki so ga posluali med snemanjm).

kirate.... u2, david bowie

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The album draws inspiration from various musical genres, including

psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, desert rock,
R&B, soul, and hip hop.[6][17][18][19][20][21] Alex Turner described
the album as sounding "like a Dr Dre beat, but we've given it an Ike
Turner bowl-cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a
Stratocaster", adding that it "sound less like four lads playing in a
room this time. Essentially, that's what it is, but if you can find a
way to manipulate the instruments or the sounds to the point where
it sounds a bit like a hip-hop beat that'd be boss in your car, then I
think there's something quite cool about that."[22] Turner also cited
Outkast, Aaliyah, and Black Sabbath as influences.[23][24] Guitarist
Jamie Cook also cited The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the
Spiders from Mars as an inspiration for the album, saying that it was
one of the only albums they listened to while recording AM.
Arctic Monkeys took a different approach to recording AM in
comparison to their previous album, Suck It and See, with Alex
Turner stating that it is much more a "studio album". The band
incorporated new instruments to record the album; they used
keyboards such as piano, organ, and celeste, a Hohner Guitaret,[25]
and a vintage drum machine. Recording was done differently as
well; producer James Ford stated that, instead of the "live" recording
technique of the previous album, this album was recorded mainly
with bass guitar and drums laid down first with emphasis on groove.
Helder's drum kit was often set up in unconventional ways to
achieve different sounds.[25] Guest musicians Bill Ryder-Jones, Pete
Thomas, and Josh Homme also featured on the album.

eprav se ne morem poistoveti meni ljub album. Ni nujno, da se

poestiveti, e je dober. Rad bende, ki se razvijajo iejo svoj izraz
itd. Zato, da veno vpraanje Stonesi ali Beatli, vedno odgovorim
Beatli.