Now we’re in The Car era of Arctic Monkeys, which stays on the same road as Tranquility: slower, smoother, jazzier. Thankfully, gone too is the cosmic weirdness of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, a jazz-inflected concept album centred around a resort on the moon that confounded some fans. Gone is in the indie snarling of their early albums, and the greaser slickness of AM. Almost 20 years on and six albums later, the band understandably now sounds very different. This tour is “very sold out”, the promoter says beforehand Australians have loved Arctic Monkeys since they crashed on to Triple J with I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor back in 2006.
