The New Face of Music

The "Big Deal Band" in Britain right now seems to be the Artic Monkeys. Their new album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," sold 360,000 copies in it's first week. It's hard to tell what reaction us Yankees will have when the record goes transatlantic at the end of next month. However, I downloaded it last night, and while I wouldn't call it "the best music you'll hear all year" (after all, it is only January), it does seem to be "new" sounding. Although I haven't listened to all of it yet, it seems to be fast-paced indie post-punk with a pleasant ballad or two. Parts reminds me of Mclusky and other parts remind me of Franz Ferdinand. Nothing crazy though—no acordian-pedal or harmonium-saxophone. Unfortunatley.