It's a record that really doesn't make sense to be listened to at the beach or on a road trip with friends or in any social environment.
No wonder this article sounds a little loopy!). Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is most enjoyable, at least in my opinion late in the evening around an hour after the sunset with a glass of red wine in-hand, (my glass is currently to the left side of my laptop as I write this. What's lounge pop, you ask? It's a lot less complex than anyone would think, it just means that it's a record best suited for lounging out and being completely relaxed while listening.
As described in the opening paragraph, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is a lounge-pop piano driven record with elements of space rock, baroque and psychedelic pop. Lacking inspiration and motivation to write songs with a guitar, Turner turned (pun intended) to his newly gifted Steinway piano as the main tool of composition for the band's next album.
