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Arctic Monkeys’ Discography: [6/6] “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino” (2018)

“Sitting at the piano took me immediately to a different place.” he says. “There are chords that came out, my fingers were falling different places, and the sounds were giving me ideas. That I was the guy sitting at the piano also gave me ideas.” Once Tranquility was done and Turner had landed back on his Lunar Surface, he was quick to task himself with a new project: designing the album’s artwork. A visionary who has a hand in all aspects of his work, he knew he wanted it to mirror, in some way, the album’s title. “I liked the idea of naming [the album] after a place, because to me records that I’ve been in love with and continue to be in love with feel like they’re places that you can go for a while. I very much feel like if [Born to Be With You] were a place I would’ve moved there a long time ago.” For the album’s name, he plucked the place mentioned on the would-be title track, the fictional Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, on which he sings of “Jesus in the day spa filling out the information form,” because, “That [phrase] seemed like the right name for this family of music.” From there, he began to think about architectural models and started sketching ideas on a piece of graph paper. “I liked this idea of a six-sided shape, because it was the sixth record,” he relates. “I drew a hexagon, I thought that was a kind of dumb idea, and then two months later I made this spinning thing on top of a Revox tape machine. In between that, there are a lot of things that aren’t the artwork and I made a real mess. But it all makes sense to me now. In the past I’ve definitely had record covers that don’t, to me, represent what’s on the wax, and I certainly don’t feel that way about this one. By the end of it, I think I’d forgotten there even was a record. I’d just gotten obsessed with cardboard.”

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Arctic Monkeys in La Frette, 2018 By Zackery Michael

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jamie & alex's relationship over the years + jamie's importance to the band

unknown / hillsborough park sheffield 2023 / mojo december 2022 / alex's signature vs jamie doing alex's signature for him / studio brussel interview / on:off by tom oldham / birmingham 2018 / nme may 2018 / am watching interpol’s set at trnsmt / mojo june 2018 / acl fest 2018 / xfm interview / my propeller ep official cover / gigwise april 2014 / artist polaroids from lollapalooza 2011 / x / nottingham 2011 / highly evolved interview / reading festival 2014 / radio x / q magazine 2009 / plugged magazine 2013 / x / nme october 2022 / rio de janeiro 2014 / jakarta 2023 / bbc radio 2 / kings theatre 2022 (my screenshot) / sculptures of anything goes credits

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ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE @ Tokyo, 2023

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The Last Shadow Puppets @ Alexandra Palace, London, 15/07/2016.

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Alex Turner // Open’er Festival (June 29, 2016)

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we love discussing tbhc theories but why does no one talk about the possibility that mark is vector from despicable me after accepting his life on the moon

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they’re on their way to see challengers :)

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Alex Turner about Miles Kane debut album.

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"We should probably stop staring as it's getting weird, sexually and aggressively weird."

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Recent photo of Alex Turner taken by a fan, 2024

"It's 2005, a band explodes on MySpace. They're dressed like you and their lyrics are a mirror to your life. Bleeding heck, who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?

After 19 years on repeat it's now 2024. Myself and @/conor_bloodfilms are travelling back from Paris

We arrive at Gare Du Nord and Duffy stops in his tracks. He whispers to me "I think that's Alex Turner." "F**k off!" I immediately reply. I gaze over at a guy wearing a leather jacket with long brown hair, his face adorned with aviators. We should probably stop staring as it's getting weird, sexually and aggressively weird.

Turns out it is bloody Alex Turner, the man who's provided the soundtrack to my life! He strolls past and disappears into the Parisian platform crowd. A missed opportunity.

We board our train back to London. We look to our left and there's Alex. Sitting in his seat accompanied by a notepad. He's probably writing the next Arctic Monkeys hit "Two gawping pricks on a train". We really need to stop staring.

I tell Duffers I'm going in, he stops me. Reminds me that I'm a fully functioning adult and not to create a scene. Christ, he's right! I feel like I'm 15 years old again, someone get me a Strongbow and whack Dancing Shoes on, kin hell lad!

Eventually myself and Con engage, it's a surreal experience. Alex is polite and returns conversation in a soft friendly manner. The whole situation is just bloody lovely.

I awkwardly ask if I can take his portrait, fully aware that it could result in an awkward excha"

- chris_bloodfilms

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I was shaking so hard then Philadelphia, me whammy fell out. What's your excuse? +

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The look of love 💖

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Primavera Sound [03-06-2016] (I’d never noticed this before : in the 2nd gif, Alex is licking his lips while looking straight into Miles’ eyes…)

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The look of love 💖

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Primavera Sound [03-06-2016] (I’d never noticed this before : in the 2nd gif, Alex is licking his lips while looking straight into Miles’ eyes…)

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The look of love 💖

I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - Primavera Sound [03-06-2016] (I’d never noticed this before : in the 2nd gif, Alex is licking his lips while looking straight into Miles’ eyes…)

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Alex Turner meows during Potion Approaching @ Výstaviště Praha, Prague