March 25th — New Preoccupations by Caracara
April 1st — THE UNRAVELING OF PUP THE BAND by PUP
April 8th — El Mirador by Calexico
April 15th — (watch my moves) by Kurt Vile
April 22nd — Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C.
May 20th — Harry's House by Harry Styles
June 17th — Life Is Yours by Foals; Ugly Season by Perfume Genius
June 24th — MUNA by MUNA
Keep up with the rest of the Record Club alumni via the archives, and then check out this week's new RC artist (and the album of theirs that we'll be listening to) below. Thanks for joining us this week, friends.
WEEK 165 — March 27-April 2, 2022
What we're listening to this week (Kai's pick):
ALBUM: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
ARTIST: Arctic Monkeys
RELEASED: January 23, 2006
LOCATION: Sheffield, England
WHAT GENRE IS THIS: indie / garage / punk
WHY KAI PICKED IT: "I went to university in Sheffield (Arctic Monkeys' hometown), so I lived there for three years, and they sing about the area. It's an all around nostalgic trip for me."
TRACKLIST:
- The View from the Afternoon
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- Fake Tales of San Francisco
- Dancing Shoes
- You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me
- Still Take You Home
- Riot Van
- Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
- Mardy Bum
- Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...
- When the Sun Goes Down
- From the Ritz to the Rubble
- A Certain Romance
LENGTH: 40:56
WHERE TO LISTEN FOR FREE: YouTube
READING SOME SHIT: Last year, this album celebrated its fifteenth anniversary (which means it is sixteen years old now, and so it is as old as you were when you first listened to the album, probably).
PREVIOUSLY ON RECORD CLUB: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is now officially the Record Club album with the longest title (tough luck, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately and Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 1 and Part 2).
This album also won the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Prize, which is the annual award for the country's best album. Four RC alumni were nominated for non-RC albums: Erasure (1991's Chorus), Gorillaz (their 2001 self-titled), Adele (twice, for 19 and 21), and Foals (twice, for Total Life Forever and Holy Fire). Three RC albums have been nominated for a Mercury Prize—Foals' Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Fontaines D.C.'s Dogrel, and Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia. Most importantly, Record Club album KIWANUKA actually won the award in 2020 for Michael Kiwanuka (on his third nomination for the prize).
Happy listening, fam! Have a great week!
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