"I’m sure like most things it’s fairly cyclical.” says Tomson. “When we came out it felt like a lot of British bands, whose names I remember but I don’t want to seem like I’m talking shit about, we played festivals with but we don’t see that much any more. I feel like Arctic Monkeys is a great example of a band that’s done it very well.”

They’ve stuck with guitars. “They’ve doubled down, in fact,” agrees Tomson.

“If you’re going to stick with the guitar you’ve got to change up your look – at least do your hair a little different for another album, and they were wise in doing that,” declares Koenig, whose sense of humour is as dry as a dustbowl. “For some of these other bands – same haircuts every album, same guitars. Nobody wants to hear that. It disgusts me.”"

– Chris Tomson and Ezra Koenig on Arctic Monkeys (via teamvampireweekend)

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