
Released 15 years ago today, Katie Evans discusses the Arctic Monkeys’ debut album and calls it “one of the most notable debuts in the history of British music”.

It’s 23rd January 2006. Plectrum poised alongside strings, drumstick grasped purposefully, Alex Turner’s lips pursed against mic; in a matter of moments the world will be faced with the debut album from the band of a generation: Arctic Monkeys. From the moment the Sheffield boys unleashed their first crackle in the airwaves we were stunned,…
Taken from their debut Mercury Award-winning album, the track was the beginning of something very special for the British music scene.