Episode 186 - Humbug by Arctic Monkeys (Side B)
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Alright, so in the grand scheme of things, Humbug by the Arctic Monkeys isn’t exactly bereft of plays on the ol’ streaming platforms. Hell, it still sold a lot of physical copies too. However, in comparison to the rest of their discography? It’s certainly one of the albums that has shown the least love.
It did have some big-ish singles of course, but nothing on the scale of some of the others. The closest to Humbug is their 2018 album (and latest release at time of recording) Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino. Which, yeah, probably asks more of their fans than any previous release. Why do we bring this up? Well, cause we talk about that album as well as Humbug on this episode. Foreshadowing n that, eh?
Anyway, we go deep on Humbug this week, and also have some very nice, very fun nexus (nexi? nexae?) for y’all this week before Dave decides that he will be taking us in a very different direction next week. You’ll need to tune in to find out what that direction is though…
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