Autumn 2009 was supposed to be an interesting time for me in terms of listening to the new albums of my favourite bands.
Humbug of Arctic Monkeys was very different than what I had expected (not in a negative fashion) since the reason why I like Arctic Monkeys is that they tell (at least they used to) the stories of 20-something working class (we can refer to that as lad culture) and because they are familiar.
In Humbug, however, some songs are completely about sex or drugs. This surprised me. Of course there are some great songs like Cornerstone or Secret Door but why did they become Americans after all?
On the other hand, the new Editors album was a load of crap. Change doesn't mean losing your musical identity and the reason why Editors had become so popular was because of their incredible vocal-drum-guitar harmony. What has it been replaced with? Fancy keyboards and Kraftwerk-esque melodies.
Sometimes I wonder why managers don't warn the musicians about their career moves.
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