When the Arctic Monkeys gained a ton of mid-00s media attention as the saviors of rock music for their early singles and debut album, lead singer Alex Turner was quick to state, Dont believe the hype. With a bit of sleazy guitar and Turners thick Sheffield accent here, the band delivers a seething rebuke of a music industry theyve already discovered is mostly the smoke and mirror of fancy marketing, rather than artistic integrity
The aroma of menthol, for example, is almost universally associated with a feeling of coolness and relief, even if the actual temperature has not changed
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He probably wouldnt be thrilled at his surname becoming a synonym for either smoking too much or not enough, but as they say, smoke em if you got em