The Sheffield band released their sixth EP Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino this month, which featured the band moving away from their usual sound.

During a recent interview with the Sunday Times, Turner was asked why he chooses to stick with the band rather than go solo.

“I enjoy their company,” Turner said in reference to his bandmates. “So, for instance, on this project [Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino], I was really unsure about what I was doing and lost with it completely. Then, when Jamie [Cook, guitarist] came out to LA to join me and we worked on stuff together, through his encouragement suddenly I felt completely different.

“[Cook] getting excited about it, like the way I remember him getting excited about some idea in his bedroom in his mum’s house when we were 16… I still get that buzz out of his reaction.”

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Also, in a recent interview with Mojo, the band’s frontman Alex Turner confirmed the information, adding that we have guitarist Jamie Cook to thank for this decision.

“Jamie was really keen on that idea, and I guess people at Domino,” said Turner. “But it didn’t come from me. I understand it, I think.”

Although Arctic Monkeys won’t be revealing new songs, Turner decided to share the opening lyrics of the first song from Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, “Star Treatment”:

“I just wanted to be one of the Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make/Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase, miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway.“

“That’s me writing about writing,” Turner explained the lyrics. “Did the Strokes line feel too close to home? Yeah, absolutely. But you can’t let that stop you.”

Rolling out on May 11th, 2018, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino will be Arctic Monkeys’ sixth studio album. The album was produced by Alex Turner and band’s longtime collaborator James Ford.

So far, it looks like Arctic Monkeys didn’t hit a home run with Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. Few media releases (Mojo and Uncut) who managed to get their hands on the full version of the album gave it a positive review but noted that the band’s new sound doesn’t deliver the same excitement like 2013’s AM.

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The Sheffield band released their sixth EP Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino this month, which featured the band moving away from their usual sound.

During a recent interview with the Sunday Times, Turner was asked why he chooses to stick with the band rather than go solo.

“I enjoy their company,” Turner said in reference to his bandmates. “So, for instance, on this project [Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino], I was really unsure about what I was doing and lost with it completely. Then, when Jamie [Cook, guitarist] came out to LA to join me and we worked on stuff together, through his encouragement suddenly I felt completely different.

“[Cook] getting excited about it, like the way I remember him getting excited about some idea in his bedroom in his mum’s house when we were 16… I still get that buzz out of his reaction.”

The post Alex Turner Reveals Why He Chooses Not to Go Solo appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Also, in a recent interview with Mojo, the band’s frontman Alex Turner confirmed the information, adding that we have guitarist Jamie Cook to thank for this decision.

“Jamie was really keen on that idea, and I guess people at Domino,” said Turner. “But it didn’t come from me. I understand it, I think.”

Although Arctic Monkeys won’t be revealing new songs, Turner decided to share the opening lyrics of the first song from Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, “Star Treatment”:

“I just wanted to be one of the Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make/Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase, miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway.“

“That’s me writing about writing,” Turner explained the lyrics. “Did the Strokes line feel too close to home? Yeah, absolutely. But you can’t let that stop you.”

Rolling out on May 11th, 2018, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino will be Arctic Monkeys’ sixth studio album. The album was produced by Alex Turner and band’s longtime collaborator James Ford.

So far, it looks like Arctic Monkeys didn’t hit a home run with Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. Few media releases (Mojo and Uncut) who managed to get their hands on the full version of the album gave it a positive review but noted that the band’s new sound doesn’t deliver the same excitement like 2013’s AM.

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