‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’ doesn’t exactly have a lot of choruses on it. The group have only played four shows on this new album so far – two in San Diego, one in Los Angeles, and another in New York – yet there are already some marked differences between now and the last time we saw the boys on the road.
The record marks another sonic shift for the Sheffield band, but it also means their live show has to adapt and change to fit too. Then came the news frontman Alex Turner had pretty much ditched his guitar on new album ‘ Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino‘, opting instead to settle down behind a baby grand piano. The whole ‘AM’ tour felt like a series of parties, each with a boisterous soundtrack made for thrashing about in a sweaty mess to.
The last time they did was at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, where the setlist was rammed with guitar anthems like ‘Dancing Shoes’ or ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’. Before May 2, it had been four years since Arctic Monkeys had performed live.
