Arctic Monkeys seem to be getting a lot of stick. I don't really understand it. yeah they have changed but I think it's the fact they evolved musically and in their style is part of the reason why they're still headlining Glastonbury.
had they just kept trying to recreate that first album, they would have probably faded away like most of the bands from that 2000s era and just become some nostalgia act for people in their thirties wanting to be 18 again for a night at the o2 academy or something.
Fair play to them I say, they were smart enough to know how stay on top in their game.
Then again maybe I'm being biased as I've been in band supporting them quite a few times and found them to be good lads. Turner isn't doing that crooner act off stage of course. Either way, I think if you take it for what it is then they put on a really good show, but if you're expecting Alex Turner to return to being a spotty teenager in a hoodie and jeans knocking out the first album tracks, then you're gonna be disappointed.
People also complaining that his voice isn't sounding like it used to. Well his crooning style voice is certainly put on for sure, but he probably isn't gonna sound like when he was 20 anyway. He's closer to 40 than 30 now. Sometimes I think people don't like to see musicians seeming older now because it reminds them that they are too.