Bleep

Arctic Monkeys’ platinum debut on Domino became the genre-defining album for '00s indie rock. Combining elements of late '70s New Wave à la XTC and Gang of Four with influences from '80s indie rock as heard in The Smiths, the Sheffield quartet scramble an irresistibly energetic musical mixture. Uptempo to the core, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not lives from its restless electric guitars, determined basslines, banging drums and Alex Turner’s distortion filtered vocals. Arctic Monkey’s success lies in their perfect timing of caesuras – they make their scraping riffs all the more effective – and the album the seminal release that it is to date.