Arctic Monkeys - Suck it and see quite literally

Hi everyone,
                    After extensive listening and forming my own opinions, I decided to write a review on the album so enjoy.

Arctic Monkeys –

Suck it and see,

Quite literally.

I love it when a new album comes out. I get all excited and giddy, when I go to purchase it. So this was even more so the case when, the new Arctic Monkeys album came out. I have to say I was hoping that this would be better than Humbug, and by does it beat the last album hands down. It’s about time we heard Alex and the boys back to there normal selves.

Don’t get me wrong Humbug is a great album, but it lacked what the Arctic Monkeys are all about, and that is the quick witted lyrics that come from Turner, mixed with fast paced beats from the rest of the guys. Humbug was a different direction and was met with a lot of bad comments and opinions but strip it away and it is a great album. It is good that a band experiments, you don’t want to be hearing and buying the same thing over and over again, it gets tiring. So I will still give them 10 out of 10 for effort of Humbug. So as many critics didn’t like or believe in Humbug, a lot was riding on the next album.

Suck it and see, does not disappoint. “She’s Thunderstorms” leads you into what you think that it is going to be another Humbug inspired track, but as it gets going you soon realize that the boys are back. Turner’s quick witted and poetic lyrics come alive with the melodies. It is also nice to hear Alex’s voice back to how it was in the first 2 albums rather than the dark sultry pitches he undertook on the last album.

Although the album does seem dark it still has that toe tapping feel that, the Arctic Monkeys always seem to give a record. “Black treacle” is a prime example of this. You can’t help but keep to the beat of Matt Helders. It also seems that they are sticking it too the man, so to speak with the lyric “and you talk the talk alright, but do you walk the walk or catch the train?” insinuating that this album is to push into the critics face and ask, do they even know what they are talking about.

“The hellcat spangled shalalala” takes you back to the “Whatever people think” album. The poetic concept that runs through this song so strongly, that you can’t help but sing and smile at “sing another fucking shalalala.” This is the type of song you would want to here midway through a night out to sing-along with your mates.

The title in its self is, instructing you to just get on with it. Overcome your fears and just taste what is inside this album cover. You will not be disappointed in this album. From start to finish, you will love it and then repeat the process again.

These boys seem to have incorporated all previous 3 albums, into this wonderfully pleasant record, and it has worked. They have carefully selected the best parts of its predecessor. Although “Whatever people say I am” is flawless, find a problem with that album and we will see how many people actually agree with you. From a band that in 2004 and 2005 were playing the tiniest venues and even the unsigned stages at festivals, and now they are on their fourth album. This band has come under as much scrutiny and criticism that a band of their age would only ever get after a few decades. This though shows how in demand they are. People should really just listen to this amazing album and let them take you on a journey of sarcasm and wit, which only these lads can get across. You really should just “suck it and see” with this album, no doubt you will fall in love with it.