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Make no mistake, even in terms of the tunes they write and the clothes they wear and the poses they strike, Arctic Monkeys are a really good band

Great lyricists Arctic Monkeys This article is more than 18 years old Propelled towards legend This article is more than 18 years old Simon Armitage Thu 26 Jun 2008 19.05 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Make no mistake, even in terms of the tunes they write and the clothes they wear and the poses they strike, Arctic Monkeys are a really good band. But there's one thing and one thing alone that sets them apart from the thousands of perfectly competent other bands out there in indie guitar land, and that thing is words. Without the lyrics, Arctic Monkeys are good, but with them, they're

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