*BIG DRUM ROLL & TRUMPETS ET AL.*
And why is that I hear you ask?
Well it's only because Turner & co are on the cusp of releasing
the hugely anticipated and phenomenal concoction 'AM'.
We've less than 24 hours to go until physical and digital copies of what could quite
possibly be the defining album of the decade (big statement there), according to this week's NME,
which as a mega Monkeys fan I dutifully bought, as expected.
With streams of the album already online, it's safe to say a large chunk of
Britain and the rest of the world have 'got the goods' now, as Turner put it in the sublime
'Do I Wanna Know'. So we can't exactly act surprised when we finally enlighten our lives with
some rather fookin' (they all say it in Sheffield) amazing tunes from a band that can never seem to put a foot wrong.
Even those of us who have resisted giving in to sneak previews of other album tracks,
for example the rather oddly named 'Knee Socks' or on the converse, the rather beautifully named
'Arabella' (a dedication to Arielle Vandenberg perhaps?), have still heard a good quarter of the
songs, with 'R U Mine', 'Do I Wanna Know' & 'Why'd Do You Only Call Me When You're High' (what a mouthful!) all having being released already.
Of course some of us, probably just me, have even restricted ourselves further.
It was only yesterday I gave in to the temptation of listening to 'Why'd You.....' after almost
a month's abstaining from it, which was quite painstaking as I had gone out and bought the single
the day of its release and had to turn down the radio every single time it was on.
That then involved subsequently forgetting to turn the radio back up, surely running up
huge electricity bills for my mother- a nice surprise for the end of the month when the bills come in.
I can only say I did it because I'm getting my copy of 'AM' at the start of this week,
and I will probably know all the words to all the songs by the end of the week.
And by the end of the month I will be completely and utterly satisfied.
By the time I see the Monkeys LIVE IN CONCERT AT SHEFFIELD in November ( I still can't believe
my luck, I really can't), I will be on the biggest high known to humanity.
But by January 2014, I will want more, like the greedy little madam I am.
So I need to drag out and relish 'AM' for as long as humanly possible, because we probably
won't be getting anything else till at least autumn 2015.
But that's okay, because judging by the raving 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10, reviews, we should be on track to be still be raving about 'AM' when we're all old pensioners in the nursing home way over in 2063.
So normally, I would recommend you go buy this album,
but I'm not going to recommend it because I hope you've already got it on pre-order and are sitting at your letterbox waiting like the good little fans I know you are.
You don't need my word to know that 'AM' is truly one of the best things you will EVER HEAR,
and one of the best things you could ever spend 10 quid of your hard earned cash on.
So go, go on into the big wide world and get that Monkey Magic in your life!
STREAM IT HERE:
WATCH THE MONKEYS AT ITUNES AT 7:45PM HERE:
DO I WANNA KNOW
WHY'D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE HIGH
BUY IT:
