Arctic Monkeys - "My Propeller"

[AFRO SAMURAI]

Arctic Monkeys Plan Single/EP Thing
Mar 03, 2010

The Arctic Monkeys are set to return on one of their favorite formats: those weird releases that straddle the line between a single and an EP.

The British rock act drops its My Propeller release March 23 from Domino Records. The title track is pulled from last year's Humbug (review) (Domino). Three more brand-new B-sides/EP tracks fatten out the release.

My Propeller
Joining the Dots
The Afternoon's Hat
Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On

It's one of my favorites on the album, but it's not really an exciting record. Nonetheless, it's probably the most radio friendly song on the album.

Since the last single barely scraped the top 100, I don't expect this to do very much.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Sadly I've completely lost interest in them. I don't think I've listened to one of their songs extensively since "Fluorescent Adolescent."

[AFRO SAMURAI]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was a basically a groupie all the way through the second album.
But this third album is a snooze-fest with a couple of decent tracks thrown in.

IMO their last good single was "Teddy Picker."

[backintime]

I still love them! I do think their time at the forefront of British alternative music is over, though. They already seem like a 00s band to me, and their themes and back story really contributes to that.

I actually prefer Humbug as a complete record to Favourite Worst Nightmare, although the standouts on that album are definitely stronger. The last single of theirs that I loved was "Crying Lightning". I love the chilled, classic sound of songs like that one and "Dance Little Liar", which was originally scheduled to be the third single and I still think is a better choice than this one. "Cornerstone" was really boring and killed all the hype for this era.

[AFRO SAMURAI]

I feel like they made a conscious choice to leave the forefront of alternative. They had to have known that there were no big hits on the album They could certainly become popular again, but nothing like the hype they had when they first appeared.

[backintime]

Well, I don't think they ever made a conscious decision to be at the forefront of alternative! But yeah, essentially their hype is gone.