Suck It And See

Brave quartet Arctic Monkeys

The career of a quartet from Cheffield started in 2005 and that is exactly the kind of beginning that can easily become an object of envy of many people. EP Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys proved to be a zero kilometer for the band: it did not appear in charts, but pretty soon the situation was changed due to Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. That album created a real furor. Arctic Monkeys got the world fame within several months and they became permanent members of major festivals. Luckily, they truly kept on rocking and releasing amazing tracks. The musicians were also not stopped by the criticism. Actually, it was definitely a good thing - Arctic Monkeys decided to move forward and to do what they loved. The time showed that everything that the quartet ever planned worked out and it still works out. Thus, the debut record was followed by two not less fascinating works. And now, in 2011, Arctic Monkeys again pleased listeners with their new creation, which got an audacious title Suck It And See.

Progressive Suck It And See

So, the long-awaited release of Suck It And See finally took place. This time the musicians changed the tactics of studio work, and it seems that everything worked out just perfectly. Arctic Monkeys left behind the technique of overdubbing and approached to songwriting the way more scrupulous. Now they came to the studio not with raw outlines, but with tracks, which had been well worked out during rehearsals. Such a serious way brought outstanding results indeed. The talented quartet’s started to sound even more consistently and professional, while due to a collaboration with the producer James Ford the musicians also got an amazing vintage sound. The album is opened with She's Thunderstorms, which creates the right mood for the whole album. In spite of all the experiments with the sound, the Sheffield band’s energy and signature style could be hardly mixed up with someone else’s. The fast track Library Pictures will remind fans of quite fast rhythms from Arctic Monkeys’ debut work, while Black Treacle will probably turn out to be a surprise due to its light sound. However that composition plays the role of a summer soundtrack just fine – its merry melodies will fit the sunny day in the best possible way.

Two halves of Suck It And See

Twelve songs of Suck It And See can be conditionally divided into two straight halves. Thus, the composition Library Pictures became a sort of a frontier between traditional energetic and new, more thoughtful and slower tracks. Arctic Monkeys made another confident step forward and they experimented with both the process of recording and the album’s content without fear. Well, the rockers definitely succeeded: Suck It And See took a notable place in their discography. As usual, Arctic Monkeys pleased listeners with a good number of hits, which already appeared on the radio stations all over the world. Curiously enough, but the quartet remained faithful to what they do, as soon as their renewed sound is an aspiration of musicians to create something new, not an indulgence to the fashion. Old fans will enjoy Suck It And See, while for all those who had not get acquainted with Arctic Monkeys’ art yet, that record will serve as a guide really well.