Indie Music Chatter

My mind has been too cluttered lately because of work, various writing assignments and doing preliminary work for a new business that I’m getting into with a couple of friends. A busy mind means that I’m not as open to listening to new music. I never get the chance to really digest what I hear and everything sounds the same at some point. Whenever I’m in this mental state I just pop in familiar music — CDs that I’ve listened to before and enjoyed. It’s a chance for me to stop being too much of a critic and just be a fan.

One of the albums that I revisited today is The Arctic Monkeys‘ debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The title’s still a handful for me but the songs have actually aged well. I think the songs actually sound better compared to last few times I’ve heard it. It could be a tired mind making things more palatable or it could be because the last few albums that I’ve listened to last week pale in comparison to the Arctic Monkeys’ tight songs. Whatever it is, I am loving it.

Arctic Monkeys, critic, debut