What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
A podcast that dives deep into discographies - one artist per season. Hosts Adam, Steve, and Lucas go album by album, track by track, exploring how context shapes our experience of music, why fans become obsessed, and what music really is. With three hosts coming from wildly different levels of musical knowledge, expect sharp analysis, wild tangents, hot takes, and more information about the artists (and the hosts) than you ever asked for. Currently exploring the discography of Arctic Monkeys. Previous seasons featured Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Billie Eilish, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, and R.E.M.
What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss concept albums, Chris Tarrant, the alt. rock pipeline, and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin their dissection of the band's debut album by looking at the writing and recording process, the people who helped them make it, and the musical landscape at the time.
They also find time to talk about the band's 2005 tour, and their first appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival, before starting the track-by-track analysis of the album, exploring the composition, sound, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!
What is a concept album? What kind of dancefloor are they singing about? Would the band have reached their fifth album if they hadn’t released their first album? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?
Our next episode is out next week, Monday June 16th, and will continue the deep-dive into the band's debut album!
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