Real Exchanges #5 | ARCTIC MONKEYS

The New Exchange with Ken Grand-Pierre

So this is a very different kind of episode than our usual interviews (even for Real Exchanges). It’s majorly important to me that this podcast is never about promotion or glorifying one act in particular, but this felt like the right kind of circumstance. Arctic Monkeys are a band I’ve loved for well over a decade now, and today they’re releasing their seventh album, The Car. Throughout their career they’ve made musical choices that most acts would shy away from, causing them to become a band that’s impossible to pigeonhole in the process. To discuss what makes them so special, I invited back my friends and colleagues to the podcast; Will Oliver and Aysia Marotta. Together we discuss our favourite songs, albums, live shows, and in a way, we try to figure out: what is it that makes Arctic Monkeys such a special band?

In celebration of this episode being out, I’ve crafted a playlist that features my favourite songs by the band. It’s called Arctic Monkeys at their very best and you can hear it via Spotify.