{"id":667,"date":"2013-11-19T15:21:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playlistsforthepeople.wordpress.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2014-11-21T16:36:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T21:36:30","slug":"current-obsession-alex-turners-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/2013\/11\/19\/current-obsession-alex-turners-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Obsession: Alex Turner\u2019s \u201cSubmarine.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, I wanted to do something a little different and examine one of my current favorite albums.<\/p>\n

You may know Alex Turner as the lead singer for the Arctic Monkeys, the English indie band slash post-punk powerhouse. In March of 2011, Alex Turner released his first and only solo work, a little six-song EP soundtrack to the movie “Submarine.” Sadly, I didn’t discover this gem until October of this year. And when I did, I became fully and utterly obsessed. You would expect that Alex Turner sans the Monkeys would feel unnatural. But it is actually a genuine treat. In these six songs, Turner puts his electric guitar aside and trades the punk power of “Fluorescent Adolescent” and “Do I Wanna Know?” for refined, lilting, minimalistic ballads. Equal parts clever and reflective, Turner creates a tender portrayal of the uncertainty of growing up and figuring things out as we go.\u00a0He humbly and effortlessly boasts incredible songwriting, and his unique lyrics speak right to the heart:<\/p>\n

“You look like you’ve been for breakfast a<\/em>t the heartbreak hotel<\/em>
And sat in the back booth b<\/em>y the pamphlets and the literature o<\/em>n how to lose,<\/em>
Your waitress was miserable a<\/em>nd so was your food<\/em>
If you’re gonna try and walk on water<\/em>
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.<\/em><\/address>\n
– “Piledriver Waltz”, Track 6<\/address>\n
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Do yourself and your ears a grand favor, and listen to\u00a0Submarine right here:<\/address>\n
ALEX TURNER – SUBMARINE.<\/strong><\/a><\/address>\n
See you later this week with a brand new mix playlist! Don’t forget to follow me on twitter @heyheresasong<\/a>\u00a0and now on instagram! @playlistsforthepeople.\u00a0<\/a><\/address>\n
-Emily<\/address>\n

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Today, I wanted to do something a little different and examine one of my current favorite albums. You may know Alex Turner as the lead singer for the Arctic Monkeys, the English indie band slash post-punk powerhouse. In March of 2011, Alex Turner released his first and only solo work, a little six-song EP soundtrack … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span>\"\" Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1896,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[109722],"tags":[109703],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-blog-project-2013","tag-syndicated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}