Arctic Monkeys’ long-awaited new album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino has arrived. If you haven’t figured it out by now, the reaction from fans has been, uh, mixed — to put it lightly.
While some have embraced the new record’s introspective, lounge-inspired sound — others just want the leather jacket-wearing Cool Boys ™ that gave us the riff-laden AM and Suck It and See to return.
While the jury is still out on how Tranquility Base will be remembered after the dust has settled, it’s still pretty hilarious to check out some fan reactions in the interim. Enjoy.
He’s been threatening to do it for a while but I think he’s finally managed to disappear head first up his own anus #AlexTurner
— ben reid (@benreidcoundon) May 11, 2018
That’s one way of saying you don’t like it, I suppose.
Ever tried to put an octopus into a bin bag ? That’s how we feel about #Alexturner these days. #headache
This is the Berlin years of Bowie without Bowie or Berlin.
Drugs, studio and songs that are their exact length too long.#tranquilitybasehotelandcasino #ArcticMonkeys pic.twitter.com/ftxXwS4pjQ
— Glass Onion Radio (@GlassOnionUK) May 13, 2018
Something tells me this chap didn’t give the record ‘Four Stars out of Five’.
My sexual orientation is #alexturner ‘s speaking voice.
— heyjulianruok (@heyjulianruok) May 16, 2018
You know what? Me too.
2011 Alex: “I’m not the kind of fool who’s gonna sit and sing to you about stars, girl”.
2018 Alex: releases the whole album about space.#thingschange#AlexTurner #ArcticMonkeys #TBHC #tranquilitybasehotelandcasino @TurnerObsession @AMonkeys_Newsfr— K.Shekera (@shekerkate) May 13, 2018
People change, after all.
i am cooking listening to the new arctic monkeys album and i actually feel like i should be strutting around in a silk robe with a glass of red, waiting for my millionaire husband to come home and kiss my neck
— Lenny (@lennzeppelin) May 16, 2018
The only way to truly get inside of this album is to listen to it draped in silk.
Quoting arctic monkeys lyrics in 2013:
“I wanna be yours”
Vs quoting arctic monkeys lyrics in 2018:
“She looks like fun cheeseburger”
— Thomas (@TomBlundell_) May 12, 2018
At the very least, Tranquillity Base is the best album of 2018 to have the phrase ‘cheeseburger’ in a chorus. At least Arctic Monkeys have that going for them.
Following that, the band took to Fallon to play ‘Four Stars out of Five’. Safe to say, Alex Turner’s new coke-dealer-cum-geography-teacher look is going down a treat.
It’s a performance that yielded some quality banter in the YouTube comments section, such as:
“Alex looks like he’s just about to sing Toto – Africa.”
“Why does Alex look like an ’80s cocaine dealer?”
“My favourite grandpa is singing.”
And my personal favourite, “Daaamn Alex went from ‘she calls me daddy too’ to ‘come back by 9 or you’re grounded’.”
In any case, it’s been fantastic to see people collectively lose their shit over a rock band changing their sound.
Great job, internet. Keep up the good work.
