Proof that love's not only blind but deaf

When I think of current British Indie, I cannot help but think of The Arctic Monkeys of Sheffield, England. They have such a quintessential British sound, it is unbelievable. Almost a parody of the genre itself. However I find myself oddly drawn towards Alex Turner's vocals, crooned in his incredibly thick British accent. They do have the slightest tendency to sound very similar from song to song due to Turner's somewhat inflexible style.


Since, for the most part, their songs tend to sound similar I will just give you one of my favorite Arctic Monkeys song just to give you the gist of the band (mind you I mean that in the nicest way possible, it's not that they don't have variety, they just have a very rooted sound that they manage to work in to all of their songs). The song is "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" off of their freshman album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. The song gives off a complete punk rock feel with an air of alternative rock to it. They are a band on a road that has clearly been paved by bands like Oasis and The Sex Pistols (Johnny Rotten meets Liam Gallagher-if that is even possible). Things to look out for on this track is the great drum beat as well as the guitar intro that is so incredibly somber while rocking at the same time.

Overall this is a great band. After forming in 2002, they are supposedly at work on a fourth album-it'll be hard to top their debut album though (fastest selling album in history in the UK). Their newer stuff seems to have a little bit of a played out sound, but I'm still not getting tired of it.

"Fake Tales Of San Francisco" by The Arctic Monkeys from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)

-S