Arctic Monkeys have confirmed plans for new album ‘The Car’.
Well, it’s been just about the worst kept secret in music – indie icons, Sheffield legends and all-round dudes Arctic Monkeys are on the comeback trail.
Recording is done and dusted, with the band throwing in snippets of new material to their current performances on Continental Europe.
New album ‘The Car’ will be released on October 21st, and it follows on from 2018’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’. Produced by James Ford – Simian Mobile Disco, and with a raft of studio credits – sessions took place at Butley Priory, Suffolk, RAK Studios, London and La Frette, Paris.
In a recent interview, the band’s Matt Helders commented: “It kinda like picks up where the other one [‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’] left off musically…”
“I mean, it’s never gonna be like [2012 ‘AM’ single] ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff. But there are riffs in there and [it’s] a bit more up-tempo, even though it’s not loud…”
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The tracklisting for ‘The Car’ is as follows:
There’d Better Be A Mirrorball
I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am
Sculptures Of Anything Goes
Jet Skis On The Moat
Body Paint
The Car
Big Ideas
Hello You
Mr Schwartz
Perfect Sense
Arctic Monkeys play Reading Festival on August 27th, and Leeds Festival on August 28th. You can also catch them at Electric Picnic in Ireland on September 4th.
Photo Credit: Zackery Michael
