Arctic Monkeys Thread

[Iceman]

If you don't remember The Arctic Monkeys' 2007 sophomore album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, you're not alone. Despite the fact that the band's previous album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, held the honor of being the fastest-selling debut ever in the U.K. (it ultimately went quadruple platinum), fans weren't as receptive to the new set of heavier, faster tunes.

This, paired with the departure of original bassist Andy Nicholson due to fatigue from touring and dealing with the band's sudden rise to fame, and it looked like Arctic Monkeys were destined to be yet another band that couldn't outlive the massive amounts of hype bestowed upon it. Then, after some recording sessions in the Mojave Desert with producer (and Queens of the Stone Age frontman) Josh Homme, the band finally seemed comfortable with itself—perhaps for the first time. With the recent release of Humbug the Arctic Monkeys have finally shown a willingness to venture into new territory; with the new album's experimental edge and dips into psychedelia, the band is proving that it is completely deserving of a new batch of hype—one worth garnering this time around.

From: Dallas Music

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Bob Dylan, Super Furry Animals and The Horrors are among the acts in consideration for this year's Uncut Music Award.

Running for its second year, our sister title rewards one act for creating the "most inspiring and rewarding musical experience" released in the past year. Last year the award went to Fleet Foxes for their self-titled debut album.

An initial longlist featuring 25 acts in consideration for the award has been announced today (September 22) – see the list in full below – which will be whittled down to a shortlist of eight, announced in the November issue of Uncut (out October 27).

A winner will be chosen by a specially chosen panel of judges and announced in the January issue (out November 24).

Judging the albums will be the magazine's editor, Allan Jones, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, radio host Christian O'Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly.

"The inaugural Uncut Music Award was a resounding success," said Jones of the contest, which saw Fleet Foxes pip the likes of The Raconteurs and Vampire Weekend to the accolade.

"This year's award looks like it will be just as hotly contested, with the judges facing a daunting task. There has been a lot of brilliant music over the last year, as our long list of 25 albums vividly demonstrates. Deciding which of them most merits winning the 2009 Uncut Music Award is going to be an exciting process, but no easy task."

The Uncut Music Award longlist is:

The Acorn – 'Glory Hope Mountain'
Animal Collective – 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'
Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'
Bill Callahan – 'Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle'
Graham Coxon – 'The Spinning Top'
Alela Diane – 'To Be Still'
Dirty Projectors – 'Bitte Orca'
Doves – 'Kingdom Of Rust'
The Duke And The King – 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
Bob Dylan – 'Together Through Life'
Fever Ray – 'Fever Ray'
Grizzly Bear – 'Veckatimest'
Levon Helm – 'Electric Dirt'
The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'
Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'
The Low Anthem – 'Oh My God Charlie Darwin'
Madness – 'The Liberty Of Norton Folgate'
Raphael Saadiq – 'The Way I See It'
Super Furry Animals – 'Dark Days/Light Years'
TV On The Radio – 'Dear Science'
Tinariwen – 'Imidiwan: Companions'
White Denim – 'Fits'
Wilco – 'Wilco (The Album)'
Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'
The xx – 'xx'

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys have confirmed that 'Cornerstone' will be the second single from their Humbug album.

The Sheffield band release the track on November 16. Following the success of the vinyl release of previous single 'Crying Lightning' in Oxfam stores, the band will be teaming up with the charity shop again.

New tracks 'Catapult', 'Sketchead' and 'Fright Lined Dining Room' will feature as B-sides.

Alex Turner's band are currently touring America, but will return to the UK in November for a sold-out UK arena tour.

The group scored their third UK albums chart number one with Humbug in August.

[Iceman]

The video for Arctic Monkeys new single, 'Cornerstone' will be shown in a TV exclusive on Channel 4 at 11.55pm on Thursday 15th October 2009.

[King Gizzard]

Wonder if Richard Ayeode from IT crowd is doing the video

hes done most of AM and alex turners recent work

[Iceman]

Hope so, I want another vid like WTSGD or FA

[arsenalforever]

its been released on vinyl again:bored:

[Iceman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-OFYTNN6fE

[Iceman]

Apparently Cornerstone has a "fun" theme to it.

Not aure if I believe this but we'll see....

[Iceman]

Apperently this video is something you wouldn't expect....???????

[Iceman]

NEW VIDEO ON NOW IN 10!!!

Will be posted here in about 13 minutes!!! ;)

[Ross]

Boring video... amazing song.

[Iceman]

yeah agree, makes crying lightning ook like a piece of art though! lol

[arsenalforever]

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its a take on a old french film trying to be arty
Damn the song is the best thing they've done

its a piss take really
don't think it was made to look good

[Iceman]

4th Album is recorded and awaiting release in 2010. It was recorded before the third album in the UK.

cant ****ing wait!

[Beastie]

arctic monkeys are okay.

[Iceman]

arctic monkeys are okay.

That has to be the first thing ive ever agreed with you on! :joker::joker:

[arsenalforever]

they are the best band out of Britain in years:nono:

anyway i think the last album was great i knew after the first listen a load of Fans would hate it but i knew the Band would make a retreat from fame. its agreat record which in years to come might seen a lot better

[Iceman]

they are the best band out of Britain in years:nono:

anyway i think the last album was great i knew after the first listen a load of Fans would hate it but i knew the Band would make a retreat from fame. its agreat record which in years to come might seen a lot better

This is what Rock/Indy whatever you want to call it is all about, this band has evolved and grown so much in the 4 years since the debut was released.....lets see if the curse of album 4 gets them....???????

[Iceman]

On Jonathan Ross tomorrow!

[InOne]

Would not say Arctic Monkeys are indie. The first album is nowhere near it. Indie just reminds me of silly little student bands like The Kooks, and silly little students who wear those stupid hats and waistcoats.

[arsenalforever]

Would not say Arctic Monkeys are indie. The first album is nowhere near it. Indie just reminds me of silly little student bands like The Kooks, and silly little students who wear those stupid hats and waistcoats.

True Joe they played tonight on JR and it was rock:dance:

[Iceman]

yeah but what i meant by that post i made was, they are put in to a pigeon hole of being an indy band when clearly they arent.....if you look at the likes of nme/q they call them indy in reviews and the like......

also last night was great, 2 songs!!!!!!!!

[Iceman]

rumours of a split are on the cards..........

[arsenalforever]

rumours of a split are on the cards..........

source please

they are not spliting up after releasing a great third album and half way through a sell out tour and about to start recording the fourth album in january splitting up isn't on the cards

[Iceman]

source please

they are not spliting up after releasing a great third album and half way through a sell out tour and about to start recording the fourth album in january splitting up isn't on the cards

4th album is recorded already, it was recorded before they went to the desert to record the third!

alex hasnt been getting great reviews and is now refusing to do old songs....

[Gemmer-x]

i'm going to see these tomorrow so excited! :D

[Iceman]

new labum has quickly become my favourite from them

[Gemmer-x]

eeeep these were amazing live! :D :D

[arsenalforever]

eeeep these were amazing live! :D :D

sen them tomorrow :dance:
agree Iceman the New album is a grower
Too many people were shocked by the album

[Dolphin-and-Whale]

Seeing them Tomorrow night at the o2.. Can't wait, going to be quality.

[Dolphin-and-Whale]

Arsenal Forever, agree that the new album is a grower. Didn't like it too much at the start but now I'm loving it.

[arsenalforever]

Arsenal Forever, agree that the new album is a grower. Didn't like it too much at the start but now I'm loving it.

its brillant :dance:

saw 'em last night and it was brillant
apart from the kiddies asking me to buy em drink:joker:
a great crowd and great setlist

[Dolphin-and-Whale]

its brillant :dance:

saw 'em last night and it was brillant
apart from the kiddies asking me to buy em drink:joker:
a great crowd and great setlist

Ye, was quality.
Ha, I'm 19 and couldn't get myself drink cause it was 21's:joker:.

Setlist was great except for lack of one or two tunes.

[Jayson]

I've been listening to them non-stop all week, and have actually grown such an appreciation for how much ass they kick.

Alex Turner is a genius.

[InOne]

They have sort of dissapeared though really, it would be a shame if they just became another indie band.

[Jayson]

I'm hoping they release a few more songs in the near future, such a great band.

[arsenalforever]

They have sort of dissapeared though really, it would be a shame if they just became another indie band.

well releasing singles through oxfam also on vinyl doesn't help 'em but they are stilll a big band selling out concerts and getting number 1 album, i think the next album has to be a bit more commercial really

[InOne]

well releasing singles through oxfam also on vinyl doesn't help 'em but they are stilll a big band selling out concerts and getting number 1 album, i think the next album has to be a bit more commercial really

I think you need the right balance really, I know they probably don't want to be too much of a commerical band, but if they dissapear from the mainsteam too much, they're likely to be forgotten.

[King Gizzard]

please be another album like the 1st!

[arsenalforever]

please be another album like the 1st!

doubt we see that nathan

[Iceman]

Hate to say it but im over them now.......unless the next album is a total turnaround i think they should just stop....

[arsenalforever]

Hate to say it but im over them now.......unless the next album is a total turnaround i think they should just stop....

sory disagree with you, Humbug was a great record. they just need to release a more commercial sounding album

[Iceman]

Humbug wasn't that great, I can only name 2-3 songs of the album......they need to release songs and have more material.....if not then they can just bugger off, as for alex turner, he's a dickhead through and through

[InOne]

No charisma whatsoever, not a very good frontman.

[Iceman]

I've just decided to ignore Humbug altogether stick with WPSIATWIN and FWN...

He has charisma he just takes too much drugs before and during concerts.....

[King Gizzard]

just Artic Monkeys now :(

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce that 'My Propeller' will be the third single taken from their Number One album 'Humbug'. Released on Monday 22nd March 2010, the single will be available on 7" and 10" and will feature 3 brand new Arctic Monkeys songs.

Tracklistings for the single are as follows:

7"(RUG 359)
A: My Propeller
B: Joining The Dots

10"(RUG 359T)
A1: My Propeller
A2: Joining The Dots
B1: The Afternoon's Hat
B2: Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On

Artwork will be revealed shortly.




I love when they listen to me ;)

[InOne]

What does he take? Coke and that?

[Iceman]

well if you look at a few vids on YT he's out fo it and In My Opinion i think he wants to be a 00's version of J Morrison.....

[King Gizzard]

what do you knowww

oh you know nothing

[Iceman]

I'd still take xtina home i said id still take her home........

[King Gizzard]

woah woah woah

woah woah woah


you d have to get through david first dadadada dadadadada

[Iceman]

LOL epic!!

[King Gizzard]

yo

[Iceman]

ugh effort of trying to find info on the new single....anyone know if they have a vdeo for it?

[Iceman]

The members of Arctic Monkeys have announced that they wll be taking a break this summer.

The band stated they will not be playing shows in the United Kingdom, therefore not being involved in any of 2010's summer festivals. After their tour of the United States in April, the group will be finished touring in support of their third full-length album Humbug.

"I think we're doing a quick campaign this time round," said drummer Matt Helders. "We're quite eager to record again."

The Arctic Monkeys drummer also went on to comment about the band's next batch of material.

"It's going to be different again," he said. "Not necessarily in the same direction of the last record. There are some left overs from the last record - stuff that we saved because we thought it'd be good enough for another album but didn't fit with the third album - a bit heavier and more upbeat."

Before starting their US tour and break from performing, the Arctic Monkeys are scheduled to play at the Royal Albert Hall in London on March 27 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series.

[King Gizzard]

what!!!!!!!!!!!!

[King Gizzard]

so they havnt gone on a massive hiatus, just a short break

[Iceman]

hiatus and a new album

[Iceman]

so they havnt gone on a massive hiatus, just a short break

gotta get people readin mate ;)

[King Gizzard]

all you people are vampires!

[King Gizzard]

:joker: @ the number of views, i remember then night when i refreshed the page millions of times

[Iceman]

and all your stories are stale

[Iceman]

:joker: @ the number of views, i remember then night when i refreshed the page millions of times

jayson suggested that...i was like yeah knock yourself out!!!

[King Gizzard]

Look here comes a ford mondeo..isnt he mr inconspicous

[Iceman]

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nate.....i wouldnt have looked for this if it werent you bumping this thread

[King Gizzard]

:love:

[King Gizzard]

Cornerstones growing on me a bit

[Iceman]

pretty visitors is actually an amazing song

[Iceman]

special gig announced for sunday in the bush empire i think

[Iceman]

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love this song, why couldnt they have put this on the album....

2 more new songs on the way aswell

[Iceman]

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i love this aswell............amazing b-sides.....put them on the ****ing album!

[Iceman]

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seriously this has given me the faith back, 3 amazing b-sides.......i'd gone off them, but i have to say if album 4 is like these i'll be a happy happy man!

[King Gizzard]

it still isnt the old them :(

[Iceman]

its a nice little bridge and return to WPSIATWIN kind of era

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys have revealed that they plan to start recording their next album as soon as their US tour finishes next month.

Speaking to NME Radio, the group affirmed that they are eager to start work on the follow-up to last year's Humbug now, rather than take time off.

"We've said we'll stop touring this album and we're eager to start working on new stuff again, not have time off again," explained drummer Matt Helders.

He added that the band are eyeing a return for Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme as producer, although it is currently uncertain whether both parties will be free at the same time.

"It's hard to say, both parties are up for it but they have a lot going on around the time we'd need to be recording," he said. "But we'd like to."

Echoing his bandmate's enthusiasm, frontman Alex Turner revealed that they have already started work on new material, adding: "We haven't tied our shoelaces yet, so it's hard to say [what it would sound like]. There's a few things we've been playing around together and we've spoke about how we might go about it. We haven't started walking yet, the laces are undone, never mind dancing."

[Iceman]

Alex Turner has said that there are presently no plans for side-project The Last Shadow Puppets to return to the studio.

The Arctic Monkeys frontman, who recorded debut The Age Of The Understatement alongside former Rascals singer Miles Kane in 2008, admitted that it is unlikely the duo will return for some time.

When quizzed about the group's upcoming plans on Absolute Radio, he replied: "I wouldn't have thought so, no. Miles has just kind of completed his record, so that will sort of tie him up for a bit I think. Yeah, I don't think so."

Arctic Monkeys played at London's Royal Albert Hall venue on Saturday in aid of charity Teenage Cancer Trust. Turner revealed that he was looking forward to his family travelling down to see the band perform.

He added: "Yeah, it's the one isn't it, to bring them down to? My mum and dad are coming. It's got big heritage, but yeah, obviously it's amazing.

"It makes a difference when you play in a place that looks nice as well, inside, where it's like traditional."

[InOne]

Been listening to Favourite Worst Nightmare and Humbug, sickkkkkkkkkkk albums. Songs like Brianstorm and Teddy Picker were sooooo underrated as singles.

[Iceman]

yeah, brianstorm was such a great single, shame they do little or no promotion they might get higher in charts but i really dont think thats their overall aim to be honest.

[InOne]

Indeed, I don't think anyone can say they're bad albums or anything. Maybe it was the fans not making the effort!! lol

[King Gizzard]

they both are awful in comparison to the first

[Iceman]

Indeed, I don't think anyone can say they're bad albums or anything. Maybe it was the fans not making the effort!! lol

I just not fond of the direction of the third album...its not why i liked them in the first place...they style the music all changed too suddenly for me.

[InOne]

I just not fond of the direction of the third album...its not why i liked them in the first place...they style the music all changed too suddenly for me.

They can't be talking about the stuff they were talking about in the first album though, especially when they got big and that. Or is the sound you're meaning?

[Iceman]

I mean the sound, it got very heavy and different too quick for me i would have liked something in between first...

[InOne]

Yeah but they are still good tunes though, that's all that matters. Their stuff of the 2nd and 3rd album is better than most of the ****e that is out there now.

[Iceman]

very true rather listen to that album than nearly everything at the moment haha

[InOne]

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[Iceman]

the bsides recently released were very good..should check them out man. especially "dont forget whos legs your on"

[InOne]

Yeah will do man, they do excellent b-sides.

[Iceman]

Florence And The Machine are the leading act in this year's Mojo Honours List with nominations in four categories.

Florence Welch's band has been nominated for 'Breakthrough Act', 'Best Album', 'Best Live Act' and 'Song Of The Year' for 'You've Got The Love', according to the BBC.

Kasabian are up for three prizes, under 'Best Live Act', 'Song Of The Year' for 'Fire' and 'Best Album' for 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'.

Richard Hawley and the Arctic Monkeys have two nominations each, with both nominated for 'Best Song', for 'Open Up Your Door' and 'Crying Lightning', respectively.

Hawkwind are to receive the 2010 'Mojo Maverick' award.

"Despite the fact that they have rarely flirted with the mainstream, their music and their attitude has inspired so many different areas of modern music," said Mojo's editor-in-chief, Phil Alexander.

The winners will be voted for by readers of Mojo magazine, and will be revealed in a ceremony on June 10 in London.

[InOne]

Florance is soooooo overrated lol

[Shaun]

ew Mojo.
Q >

[Iceman]

ew Mojo.
Q >

listen its been a ****ty news year arctics-wise LOL

ill take anything i can get!

[Shaun]

lmao.

is Alex ever doing anything Puppets-wise again?

[Iceman]

lmao.

is Alex ever doing anything Puppets-wise again?

not at the moment....they were supposed to record an album last year for release but they didnt (to my knowledge) never know though....age of the understatement was put together in 2 months so they could release an album this year but with arctics planning on a latter end of year release its doubtful :(

[Shaun]

Aaaah. Fingers crossed it's better than Humbug. Though Crying Lightning has FINALLY grown on me [a bit too late though]

[Iceman]

Ive just lost all intrest with bands at the moment....hence my sig.....got into listening to rap and trad folk music from ireland (i dont know why, there could be a reasonable explanation ther might not though lol)

really hoping the 4th album goes back to beginning though.

[Iceman]

arsenalforever!!!!!!!! where have you been???????????????????

[arsenalforever]

Jesus christ:hugesmile:

they will never go back to the first album you plonkers:joker:

they are a different band and Humbug was a great record

they will never go back to that type of music again(its over go listen to the kooks if you want a band to repeat their sound)

Go listen to your slim shady's rap about ****e

I go back listening to a band trying to new things

Roll on the fourth album

[Iceman]

welcome back to you too LOL

[arsenalforever]

Indeed, I don't think anyone can say they're bad albums or anything. Maybe it was the fans not making the effort!! lol

this

Well said my son

[arsenalforever]

they both are awful in comparison to the first

No maybe your lost the sense of good music

[King Gizzard]

FKPKSK1nCKY

< Winey boring ****e

[Iceman]

still dont like album three....didn't like the direction it took, didn't like homme as producer.....oh and yeah i must check out the kooks......:rolleyes:

[King Gizzard]

They were being touted to be one of the best bands of our time and they gently lost that mantle through the albums

[Iceman]

ah well i disagree there, the hype was too much and that was always gonna happen with them....unless they blow everyone away with next album i thik they should take a hiatus....maybe come back stronger.

[Iceman]

New album next year :D

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

/pity post

[King Gizzard]

New album next year :D

I still remember your post in the overated thread :bawling:

I think they get as much praise as they deserve

[Iceman]

I still remember your post in the overated thread :bawling:

I think they get as much praise as they deserve

I know i'd punch me if i didn't bruise like a peach.....

nah I really do love them, theyre my favourite ban and I'll be front and centre for the gig at oxegen!

[InOne]

I've found I love the acoustic versions of the tracks on Humbug rather than the normal ones.

[Iceman]

I've found I love the acoustic versions of the tracks on Humbug rather than the normal ones.

I havent listened, are they on YT?

[King Gizzard]

Don't mind Humbug half as much as I use to

Still not as good !

[Iceman]

Yeah forst 2 albums were classics......the third is good it just didnt have that something I was looking for...still a good album though

[InOne]

I havent listened, are they on YT?

Yep. Fire And The Thud and Joining The Dots are best IMO


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[Iceman]

I'll have a listen tomorrow man im wrecked going to sleep like a king now :D

[InOne]

Fair enough man :joker:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

how do you sleep like a king :L

[Shaun]

yaaaaay. Puppets were lame.

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys announced for Oxegen. so ****ing happy right now!

[Ramsay]

hells yeah!!

[Iceman]

almost as happy as last year!

[Ramsay]

man foo fighters AND arctic monkeys
woaaah only 2 acts announced and im already sold ahahha

[Iceman]

I was sold at FF if I'm honest......AM are like a blessing for me, cant wait man gonna be a long 7 months wait!

[Ramsay]

hahah same
another smoke up yeah?:laugh:

[Iceman]

PILLS!!!!!! Im all about dem pills!!!!!!!

[Ramsay]

poppin yokes yeeeeh
still have yet to do them at a major festival actually
oxegen it is! lol

[Iceman]

yeah we take a few and go silent disco or sumthing!

[Ramsay]

hells yeah the silent disco is ****in hilarious :laugh:
ill be camped at the exact same place as this year anyway me and my friends all agreed on it lol!

[Iceman]

I dunno where I'll be, im thinking same spot aswell, was right where I needed to be haha

[Ramsay]

me and 2 other of my friends were really really stoned and got the munchies so we went to get food but somehow ended up in red camp and got lost:laugh:

[King Gizzard]

Well

[Iceman]

Red camp was weird full of mad old people, like in their 40's just smoking J's all the time haha

[Iceman]

Well

Indeed

[Ramsay]

Red camp was weird full of mad old people, like in their 40's just smoking J's all the time haha

there was some nackers beside us who just sang all weekend they were hilarious :laugh:

Well

well boi!

[Ramsay]

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7 months:bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Iceman]

aw i want NOW

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys have started work on their fourth album with producer James Ford - and are hoping to release it later this year.

NME understands that the Sheffield four-piece started sessions at the end of 2010 in London, and are continuing work on it in Los Angeles.

Alex Turner and are reportedly hoping release the album in late spring at the earliest.

The new record will be the follow-up to their 2009 effort 'Humbug', which co-produced by Ford. His other production credits include the band's second album 'Favourite Worst Nightmare', Klaxons' 'Myths Of The Near Future' and work on Florence And The Machine's 'Lungs'.

The band are already confirmed to headline Ireland's Oxegen Festival in August

[Iceman]

They are working with Focus Creeps on the new album.....anyone got any info on them???

[Iceman]

The Arctic Monkeys have revealed details about their upcoming fourth studio album.

The new album, titled Suck It and See, was produced by James Ford at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and is due to go on sale June 6.

The announcement follows the surprise unveiling of a new track and video called 'Brick by Brick' last week.

The tracklisting for Suck It and See is as follows:

1. 'She's Thunderstorms'
2. 'Black Treacle'
3. 'Brick By Brick'
4. 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'
5. 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair'
6. 'Library Pictures'
7. 'All My Own Stunts'
8. 'Reckless Serenade'
9. 'Piledriver Waltz'
10. 'Love Is A Laserquest'
11. 'Suck It And See'
12. 'That's Where You're Wrong'

[Ramsay]

amazing album name:joker:

[Shaun]

the album title...eek.

[Iceman]

this is from 5 days ago..... long gone are the days when I'd know/care about things like this LOL

although yeah I have to agree great name.

[Shaun]

oh and Eoin I listened to that Submarine EP - the last 3 tracks were v. good, the first 3 a little average

[Iceman]

oh and Eoin I listened to that Submarine EP - the last 3 tracks were v. good, the first 3 a little average

God Damn it! Definetely knew I had to listen to something..... will do in the morning, someone remind me.

[Iceman]

This photo went along with the announcement on the website..... :S

http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/_graphics/am-profile.jpg

I want a better album cover than that

[Iceman]

Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

:laugh2:

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has revealed that the band's new album will be more accessible than their previous LP.

The group have been in Los Angeles recording new album Suck It And See, which is due to be released June 6 in the UK.

"Some of the songs are a bit more instant," Helders told NME. "A bit more poppy, certainly, than Humbug was."

"It's enjoyable for us and the listener. And it's maybe a bit more easy going. Not easy listening, but with a few poppier tunes. But in an interesting way."

Elaborating further on how the group decided the direction in which to take their fourth studio album, he explained: "With Humbug we recorded 25 songs and narrowed it down afterwards. This time we had a clear idea of where we were going before we even went to the studio."

The band recently surprised fans by unveiling new track 'Brick By Brick' with its corresponding video online.

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys have announced details of the lead single from their upcoming album Suck It And See.

'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair' will be available digitally on April 11. A 7" single backed by album track 'Brick By Brick' to mark Record Store Day will follow on April 16.

A second 7" vinyl featuring B-side 'I.D.S.T.' and 10" vinyl and digital bundle complete with the same track plus 'The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap' will be released on May 30.

The band's drummer Matt Helders has claimed that Suck It And See is "more instant" and "more poppy" than predecessor Humbug.

Other Record Store Day 2011 releases include a double-sided single by Radiohead and a Foo Fighters covers album.

[Iceman]

Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner has apologised for his criticism of Take That back in 2006.

At the time, Turner labelled the band a "load of b*llocks" at the Q Awards. This led to later claims that the Arctic Monkeys missed the 2008 Brit Awards to avoid clashing with Take That.

Turner recently told NME that he takes the insults back, saying: "We love Gary Barlow.

"I think I really offended him a few years ago though, which I'm sorry about. I didn't understand it then. Didn't know what was going on, trying to rustle some feathers."

Turner also said that his band's next album, Suck It and See, will contain more humour that their 2009 release Humbug.

Turner explained: "There were times in the lyrics on Humbug when I went into some corners that I didn't need to. But I went there and I think there's still some humour on that album. But it's definitely more prominent on [Suck It and See]. There's a few more gags. Not just in the words but in the guitar solos as well."

[Smithy]

I thought this was the name of a new single :laugh2:

[Iceman]

LOL would be funny the new single is "don't sit down cause I moved your chair"

[Iceman]

Also the bright spark who thought it would be good to have them clash with The Foo Fighters at Oxegen needs to be put down, dzopes!

[Ramsay]

Also the bright spark who thought it would be good to have them clash with The Foo Fighters at Oxegen needs to be put down, dzopes!

who said that?:joker:

[Iceman]

who said that?:joker:

Just looking at it there man both confirmed for Saturday night I think it was

[Ramsay]

Just looking at it there man both confirmed for Saturday night I think it was

yeah monkeys will be on right before foos id say on the main stage no way theyd make them clash

[Iceman]

they made eminem and mumford clash last year so ya never know theyre ***** like that

[Shaun]

Turner's got it the wrong way around :( should have called them crap now, because they, erm, are.

[Iceman]

H e seems very happy to do press these days thoguh which is good.

[Iceman]

The band settled on "Suck It and See" as the title after debating between titles such as "The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap", "The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon", "The Blondo-Matic Rape Alarm", and "Thriller", according to the NME.

[Tom4784]

I've lost respect for him for apologising, I hate the hollow showbusiness apologies. People shouldn't say it if they don't mean it.

[Iceman]

Album Artwork :amazed:

http://www.nme.com/images/gallery/ArcticMonkeysSuckItAndSee600Gb200411.jpg

[Shaun]

really boring. And not even an original idea (hiya, The White Album anyone?).

[Iceman]

I sense they couldnt give a **** anymore :laugh:

[Iceman]

have you heard Black Treacle anywhere? Apparently it leaked somewhere?

[Benjamin]

What an absolute cop-out for an album cover. :bored:

[Shaun]

-goes on a hunt-

[Iceman]

What an absolute cop-out for an album cover. :bored:

It's exactly what I expect, they just like releasing music, all the little stuff doesnt bother them anymore.

[Shaun]

Nah, can't find it (or any stories about it leaking)

[Iceman]

Nah, can't find it (or any stories about it leaking)

-goes to kick my friend who told me he heard it-

[Iceman]

Suck It And See Review by Alex Turner

She's Thunderstorms
I remember writing this one when there was a storm going on. They get like mad storms over there [in New York], like, apocalyptic. I’m always trying to think of different interesting ways to like describe somebody but compliment them too. So in that one, I like the idea that she’s not even a thunderstorm, she’s more than one. I quite like the fact she’s plural. 'Thunderstorms’ meaning just, y’know, awesome!

Black Treacle
This was much later down the line. I watched a couple of westerns when we were doing this, like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid which gets a reference in there. I also just wanted to put 'belly-button piercings’ in a tune, I thought that would be good. I’d kind of wanted to do it for a couple of weeks and then managed to fit it in there. Why? I’d not thought about them for a while and they came on my radar somehow. And then I thought about this thing of them and the stars being juxtaposed.

Brick By Brick
It’s just a ****ing laugh, isn’t it? It’s got, like, three “rock’n’rolls” in it. We were in Miami on tour once and we just got off a long flight to there and we had an idea for a song called 'Brick By Brick’ and so we wrote it that night just sorta in a bar. But it were quite loose, we thought about it as the concept of a song and all these things that you want to do – brick by brick – and we just made a list of them that was probably three times as long as what it ended up over that night and the next few weeks.

It was probably the first tune we had for this. We’re also working on 'Brick By Brick 2.0’. It’s called 'IDST’. Do you remember that? When you’d write on a bus seat, or whatever, 'I love whoever IDST’ – If Destroyed Still True? So that iron’s in the fire now.”


The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
There’s always a load of words in our tunes, isn’t there. And I was trying to think of a way of being a bit more economical, so we thought the one way of doing that is having really simple choruses but quite complicated verses lyrically – and that were one of them. I mean it’s based on a place that I’ve been but I don’t necessarily want that to be what the listener associates it with.

’Cause maybe they can relate it to a place they’ve been. I don’t want to ruin that by giving them a map. Some great harmonies on this
song too. [Producer] James Ford’s favourite bit of this record is on that song. It goes “uh-oh-uh-oh-wo”. Maybe it’s because it sounds like the Klaxons. I always think he prefers them to us.

Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
Well, that’s something somebody said. Oh, in fact I said it to somebody whose chair I’d moved and I didn’t want them to hurt themselves. This was while we were in the studio doing the Submarine recording [Alex recorded the soundtrack to friend Richard Ayoade’s debut film] and James said, 'Oh, that sounds like it could be like a ’60s garage Nuggets tune and be called that’.

So then we thought, well, ok if that’s what you can’t do (sit down, ’cos I’ve moved your chair), then what sort of ridiculous things can you do that are probably more dangerous than if you just sat down? But also I quite like that it’s, y’know, well, you don’t want people to be sat down, do you? You want them to be up. That’s going to be our first single I think.

Library Pictures
“This is one where I definitely think the words are taking a backseat. It’s just about chaos. Like, all the sound of it – all the music and guitars and drums – everything’s just barmy and I’m trying to make the lyrics subscribe to that as well. Do I ever do that William Burroughs thing where you cut words up and arrange them randomly? No, I never actually do it physically but maybe in my head a little bit. We recorded it one day like really hungover and had a great day. It were a really good hangover, like a giddy one.

All My Own Stunts
Josh [Homme] comes and sings on this one. He’s very dominant, his voice. When you record his voice it just sort of leaps out, it’s great. What else can I tell you about that one? It’s got another reference to cowboy films. It just says, “I’ve been watching cowboy films on gloomy afternoons” which were something I were doing at the time. It’s also where we let ourselves have a bit of a wig-out.

There’s not as much wigging out on this [album] as the last one, we rationed it. Also at the end you hear a little snippet of this song we were making up while we in the studio there called 'I’m From High Green’ which is where we’re from. It was summat we were singing quite a lot, the four of us, while we were there. How does it go again? Oh yeah, so you’ve got to do it in a sort of Chris Cornell-style vocal: “I lost my accent/I live the dream/but I still like my ale/because I’m from High Green”. That sort of thing. Look out for it, you get a little snip.

Reckless Serenade
I think this sort of sounds the best. I really like the recording of this one, I think it’s come out the best. It’s just a love song I suppose. In terms of the sound I guess some of the stuff we were listening to was like the Pixies. And having the drums quite tough, that comes across on that tune a bit.

Piledriver Waltz
This one is on the Submarine soundtrack although I didn’t write it specifically for that. I had a couple of things lying around that were too quiet to be Monkeys tunes – well, that’s what I thought, anyway. So I said, what about these and Richard [Ayoade] liked them. But then we were putting this together and I really thought it might fit in with 'Thunderstorms’ and 'Suck It And See’.

So we thought why not just do another version [recorded with the full band] because the one on Submarine is just me and James, he played drums and there’s some strings and stuff on it. I think doing that Submarine album did lead me into some of the songs on this album too.”

Love Is A Laserquest
I’ve never listened to country music before, it was just something I totally didn’t get until pretty recently. I’ve always been, 'Nah, not into that world’, but I’ve started to get something out of that now. The sort of sounds of that music I’m still not crazy about but the words are really good. Like Hank Williams, George Jones and Roger Miller and even like Johnny Cash – they’re just smart-arses, those guys, who write good country tunes, y’know. It’s really funny or really sad. And they do that thing so well. This tune is the closest to that. Not like in the sound, but in the lyrics.”

Suck It And See
That is something that I started writing when we were recording those Submarine tracks. It just sort of came to me that melody and chorus, it’s quite Beach Boys-y which is something I’ve been listening to a lot recently, and always have. We decided to make it the title track quite near the end – once the pedals thing didn’t really come off. When we played it to someone earlier they were asking us about the fizzy drink reference in that where it says “dandelion and burdock” – a lot of people don’t get that and don’t realise what it is.

Something I like the idea of is putting colloquialisms where they feel strange – especially in some of the other tunes like the fuzzy, heavier ones, it feels quite funny when you can drop in something very British next to 'Raw Power’ guitars.

That’s Where You’re Wrong
It were all about having the words not get in the way of this one. That were one of the last ones we did when we were in London before Christmas. We did it in one day. It’s a bit like '505’ – that tune on the second album, where it’s just two chords all the way through and we’d wanted to do a tune like that again for a while. There’s loads of good examples of that like that LCD Soundsystem 'All My Friends’ tune.

It’s just the two chords that build and build. But for a while I didn’t have words for that – I was just singing 'Edge and Bono’. There’s a demo of it somewhere where it’s mostly 'Edge and Bono’. I dunno what else to say about that one. It were a bit of a late runner that one but it worked out.”

[Iceman]

Suck It And See Review by Alex Turner

She's Thunderstorms
I remember writing this one when there was a storm going on. They get like mad storms over there [in New York], like, apocalyptic. I’m always trying to think of different interesting ways to like describe somebody but compliment them too. So in that one, I like the idea that she’s not even a thunderstorm, she’s more than one. I quite like the fact she’s plural. 'Thunderstorms’ meaning just, y’know, awesome!

Black Treacle
This was much later down the line. I watched a couple of westerns when we were doing this, like Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid which gets a reference in there. I also just wanted to put 'belly-button piercings’ in a tune, I thought that would be good. I’d kind of wanted to do it for a couple of weeks and then managed to fit it in there. Why? I’d not thought about them for a while and they came on my radar somehow. And then I thought about this thing of them and the stars being juxtaposed.

Brick By Brick
It’s just a ****ing laugh, isn’t it? It’s got, like, three “rock’n’rolls” in it. We were in Miami on tour once and we just got off a long flight to there and we had an idea for a song called 'Brick By Brick’ and so we wrote it that night just sorta in a bar. But it were quite loose, we thought about it as the concept of a song and all these things that you want to do – brick by brick – and we just made a list of them that was probably three times as long as what it ended up over that night and the next few weeks.

It was probably the first tune we had for this. We’re also working on 'Brick By Brick 2.0’. It’s called 'IDST’. Do you remember that? When you’d write on a bus seat, or whatever, 'I love whoever IDST’ – If Destroyed Still True? So that iron’s in the fire now.”


The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
There’s always a load of words in our tunes, isn’t there. And I was trying to think of a way of being a bit more economical, so we thought the one way of doing that is having really simple choruses but quite complicated verses lyrically – and that were one of them. I mean it’s based on a place that I’ve been but I don’t necessarily want that to be what the listener associates it with.

’Cause maybe they can relate it to a place they’ve been. I don’t want to ruin that by giving them a map. Some great harmonies on this
song too. [Producer] James Ford’s favourite bit of this record is on that song. It goes “uh-oh-uh-oh-wo”. Maybe it’s because it sounds like the Klaxons. I always think he prefers them to us.

Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
Well, that’s something somebody said. Oh, in fact I said it to somebody whose chair I’d moved and I didn’t want them to hurt themselves. This was while we were in the studio doing the Submarine recording [Alex recorded the soundtrack to friend Richard Ayoade’s debut film] and James said, 'Oh, that sounds like it could be like a ’60s garage Nuggets tune and be called that’.

So then we thought, well, ok if that’s what you can’t do (sit down, ’cos I’ve moved your chair), then what sort of ridiculous things can you do that are probably more dangerous than if you just sat down? But also I quite like that it’s, y’know, well, you don’t want people to be sat down, do you? You want them to be up. That’s going to be our first single I think.

Library Pictures
“This is one where I definitely think the words are taking a backseat. It’s just about chaos. Like, all the sound of it – all the music and guitars and drums – everything’s just barmy and I’m trying to make the lyrics subscribe to that as well. Do I ever do that William Burroughs thing where you cut words up and arrange them randomly? No, I never actually do it physically but maybe in my head a little bit. We recorded it one day like really hungover and had a great day. It were a really good hangover, like a giddy one.

All My Own Stunts
Josh [Homme] comes and sings on this one. He’s very dominant, his voice. When you record his voice it just sort of leaps out, it’s great. What else can I tell you about that one? It’s got another reference to cowboy films. It just says, “I’ve been watching cowboy films on gloomy afternoons” which were something I were doing at the time. It’s also where we let ourselves have a bit of a wig-out.

There’s not as much wigging out on this [album] as the last one, we rationed it. Also at the end you hear a little snippet of this song we were making up while we in the studio there called 'I’m From High Green’ which is where we’re from. It was summat we were singing quite a lot, the four of us, while we were there. How does it go again? Oh yeah, so you’ve got to do it in a sort of Chris Cornell-style vocal: “I lost my accent/I live the dream/but I still like my ale/because I’m from High Green”. That sort of thing. Look out for it, you get a little snip.

Reckless Serenade
I think this sort of sounds the best. I really like the recording of this one, I think it’s come out the best. It’s just a love song I suppose. In terms of the sound I guess some of the stuff we were listening to was like the Pixies. And having the drums quite tough, that comes across on that tune a bit.

Piledriver Waltz
This one is on the Submarine soundtrack although I didn’t write it specifically for that. I had a couple of things lying around that were too quiet to be Monkeys tunes – well, that’s what I thought, anyway. So I said, what about these and Richard [Ayoade] liked them. But then we were putting this together and I really thought it might fit in with 'Thunderstorms’ and 'Suck It And See’.

So we thought why not just do another version [recorded with the full band] because the one on Submarine is just me and James, he played drums and there’s some strings and stuff on it. I think doing that Submarine album did lead me into some of the songs on this album too.”

Love Is A Laserquest
I’ve never listened to country music before, it was just something I totally didn’t get until pretty recently. I’ve always been, 'Nah, not into that world’, but I’ve started to get something out of that now. The sort of sounds of that music I’m still not crazy about but the words are really good. Like Hank Williams, George Jones and Roger Miller and even like Johnny Cash – they’re just smart-arses, those guys, who write good country tunes, y’know. It’s really funny or really sad. And they do that thing so well. This tune is the closest to that. Not like in the sound, but in the lyrics.”

Suck It And See
That is something that I started writing when we were recording those Submarine tracks. It just sort of came to me that melody and chorus, it’s quite Beach Boys-y which is something I’ve been listening to a lot recently, and always have. We decided to make it the title track quite near the end – once the pedals thing didn’t really come off. When we played it to someone earlier they were asking us about the fizzy drink reference in that where it says “dandelion and burdock” – a lot of people don’t get that and don’t realise what it is.

Something I like the idea of is putting colloquialisms where they feel strange – especially in some of the other tunes like the fuzzy, heavier ones, it feels quite funny when you can drop in something very British next to 'Raw Power’ guitars.

That’s Where You’re Wrong
It were all about having the words not get in the way of this one. That were one of the last ones we did when we were in London before Christmas. We did it in one day. It’s a bit like '505’ – that tune on the second album, where it’s just two chords all the way through and we’d wanted to do a tune like that again for a while. There’s loads of good examples of that like that LCD Soundsystem 'All My Friends’ tune.

It’s just the two chords that build and build. But for a while I didn’t have words for that – I was just singing 'Edge and Bono’. There’s a demo of it somewhere where it’s mostly 'Edge and Bono’. I dunno what else to say about that one. It were a bit of a late runner that one but it worked out.”

[Shaun]

read it in NME :p got a bad feeling if 'Brick by Brick' made the album (I really can't get into that at all) and the first single isn't amazing (like Brianstorm, Crying Lightning and ...Dancefloor were) :(

[Iceman]

read it in NME :p got a bad feeling if 'Brick by Brick' made the album (I really can't get into that at all) and the first single isn't amazing (like Brianstorm, Crying Lightning and ...Dancefloor were) :(

I'm the opposite I hated BbB at first few listens now I love it, my family think im weird cause im going round singing it. And I adore DSDCIMYC, so much more than Crying Lightning....(I may have overhyped humbug to begin with :tongue:)

[Iceman]

heres Piledriver Waltz for anyone who hasnt heard it....(dont think I posted it in here when Submarine was released)

6yl7ILsLjtM

[Iceman]

SVHDziJcVXU

:lovedup: I like this so much better than anything ive heard so far

[King Gizzard]

don't sit down cause moved your chaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisciosdvscr

[King Gizzard]

Full set thanks to karl (bbc only posted a few songs on their site) :bored:

GYB5PhFIdMQ

htR_nUeSxVw

UpcYk5Q6dNM

[Iceman]

Loved this set, alex is so more comfortable performing now....

[InOne]

They killed it there, definitely stole the show!

[King Gizzard]

SIAS is going to be the best album, I can feel it..love all the songs so far

[Iceman]

They killed it there, definitely stole the show!

Imagine being there for that and not knowing they were playing??? :amazed: i think id die

[Iceman]

SIAS is going to be the best album, I can feel it..love all the songs so far

Im loving all the songs so far:dance:

[King Gizzard]

c2BxdHrRjok

:elephant:

[Iceman]

:o is that a non Live version?

[King Gizzard]

yip

[Iceman]

Deadly gonna have a listen now ina minute

[King Gizzard]

amazing riff or what

[King Gizzard]

dip dip dog**** rock and rollll!

[Iceman]

Oh yeah Ive heard this already :D Love the lyrics to it

[InOne]

Epic!!!

[Iceman]

I have seriously high hopes for this album now, I cant wait for it :D

[Shaun]

it leaked eoin

password: Hormoaning
******l!l******** says (23:45)
yeah, if they were entitled the '****ing arctic monkeys' they'd be slightly more appealing
Shaun Collins says (23:45)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SQ3O0E0

[Iceman]

What, you serious????

[Shaun]

no eoin I thought I'd build your hopes up. YES SERIOUS.

[Iceman]

no eoin I thought I'd build your hopes up. YES SERIOUS.

People have done that to me before :bawling:

Its taking forages to download....6% 1 hour remaining O_o

[Shaun]

was quick for me ha2

[Iceman]

How is it? :(

[Shaun]

not listened yet LOL -doesn't mention i'm listening to Born This Way-

[Iceman]

:bored:

[Iceman]

51% now :(

[Iceman]

66% :bored:

[Iceman]

85 woop

[Iceman]

She's Thunderstorms :lovedup:

[Shaun]

in the time it took you to get it I've listened to all of Born This Way (14 tracks) and am now on the 4th of Suck it and See :laugh2:

[Iceman]

Like Black Treacle too

[Iceman]

in the time it took you to get it I've listened to all of Born This Way (14 tracks) and am now on the 4th of Suck it and See :laugh2:

I had to download some thing to ectract the files, then i lost them, then I foun them about 10 minutes ago... Im on hellcat now

[Iceman]

Loving All My Own Stunts, definitely a favourite so far

[Shaun]

I really like the album. :love: possibly my second favourite after FWN (I know the debut was great but I never really bonded with it)

[Iceman]

Love Is A Laserquest is by far the standout song for me (so far 2 to go) it reminds me of Mardy Bum mixed with 505...it gave me goosebumps listening to it.

[Shaun]

same, love that, Library Pictures, All My Own Stunts and She's Thunderstorms most :lovedup:

[Iceman]

Suck It And See is great too, this album is up there with my favourites, I dont dislike any songs on it (which i immediately did with Humbug)

[Iceman]

Thats Where You Were Wrong is ****ing class aswell

[Iceman]

I'm so happy with the album, Its lived up to the expectations that I set (yesterday :tongue:) I think im gonna pester you to do a review :D

[Iceman]

Also thank you for sharing it, I wouldnt have even looked for it yet lol

[King Gizzard]

-dunno whether to download-

[Iceman]

Do, you wont be disappointed man its a classic

[King Gizzard]

is it safe? how on earth did whoever got it get it ;s

[Iceman]

Yup fine, you download then use a winrar I think its called (yes hello technology) to extrat the files and bam your away

[King Gizzard]

yeah i'm not a complete computer n00b you dick!

[Iceman]

yeah i'm not a complete computer n00b you dick!

I know I was just reiterating that i am LOL

go on do it!

[King Gizzard]

alright I'll check it out, thanks Shaun of Torquay

[Iceman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMgXnMcESk (She's Thunderstorms)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hYCp81tgfk (Black Treacle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4PiN82C5l4 (Hellcat Spangled Shalalala)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EjiJycNOE0 (Library Pictures)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmh09np4Twk (All My Own Stunts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tt8hd0ie0g (Piledriver Waltz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rdmZG3Bvk (Love Is A Laserquest)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4yMrbYowLM (Suck It And See)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUYBmmqngkc (That's Where You Were Wrong)

I didnt link them in YT format cause they slow the page down :bored:

[King Gizzard]

oh my...it's wonderful.

Arctic leak > Gaga

[Iceman]

oh my...it's wonderful.

Arctic leak > Gaga

You better run theyll come after you with Unicorns and hookers....

I wont ever hear the gaga album so it dont bother me, still havent heard the first one yet either!:dance:

Ive listened to the album twice now, its considerably better than Humbug and up there with WPSIATWIN

[King Gizzard]

and 'claws' or 'paws' whatever they are which Gaga stole off Death Metal..

[Iceman]

and 'claws' or 'paws' whatever they are which Gaga stole off Death Metal..

Thats that cringey thing they do where thay all look like deformed cats :joker:

[InOne]

That link gave me a load of spyware D: been trying to get rid for hours

[King Gizzard]

the megaupload one? the link or the actual file?

[Ramsay]

the link hasent given me anything but it also didnt start download so i dunno

[InOne]

It was when I clicked it I think, I dunno, all happened so fast :bawling:

[King Gizzard]

Here's me running all my spyware programmes as well! my laptoppy is still working fine though and nothing really came up..

you sure it isnt one of them fake ones? i get them quite a bit

[InOne]

Yeah it's a fake anti virus, but it's a **** to get rid of, also at first wouldn't let me go on google or anything

[King Gizzard]

ah..so its the luck of the pop up you get from megaupload then...the bastards should really take more care of who theyre letting advertise through them

[Iceman]

Have you listened then yet Joe?

[InOne]

No D: i'll check out the youtube ones lol

[Iceman]

Poxy that it gave you a virus :(

You're gonna love the album man

[InOne]

Loving it so far!!!

[Iceman]

cant wait to actually have it though, hopefully it goes number 1 but with gaga being released net week its highly unlikely, bitch

[InOne]

I think Library Pictures is my fave so far, it's the one I keep listening to

[Iceman]

Love Is A Laserquest is my favourite, theres actually no songs I skip on this, im loving it :D

[Iceman]

CkribufnN-c

Loving the previews of the B-Sides

IDST :love:

[Iceman]

This album is fast becoming my favourite of theirs :lovedup:

[InOne]

zsniqw4zNSs

Decent interview type thing here

[Iceman]

Having started their music career like a runaway train in 2005, it was inevitable Arctic Monkeys would hit the buffers at some point.

A fresh-faced indie-guitar quartet from Sheffield, they were barely out of their teens when their first album, with pithy songs about mini-cabs and nightclubs, became the fastest-selling debut in history.

But the party didn’t last. The band’s Glastonbury headline slot in 2007 was disappointing and their last album, Humbug, saw them abandon catchy choruses for heavy, muscular riffs.

In a bid to be seen as more serious musicians, they grew their mop-topped hair and adopted the look of Seventies rock gods.
All grown up: Arctic Monkeys have returned with a rejuvenated sound

All grown up: Arctic Monkeys have returned with a rejuvenated sound

Singer Alex Turner has done some serious thinking — and made more regular visits to his barber — since. This fourth album, built around potent hooks and chiming guitars, reaffirms his status as one of his generation’s sharpest songwriters.

From the album title (apparently chosen in tribute to Carry On films — though some worried U.S. stores have covered it up) to the accessible arrangements, it is a huge step in the right direction. Made in the same LA studio as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, it has a sunny feel.

‘Everyone was in a good mood when we were there. The fact we were having a laugh comes across,’ says Turner. ‘We wanted the album to sound up; not too serious.’

The band — Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley and Matt Helders — also changed their approach in the studio. Rather than piece songs together by jamming, they finished the words and music before starting work with producer James Ford.

The outcome is a tight, melodic affair in which a dozen songs race by in 40 minutes.

Turner has upped his game as a singer. Once noted for barking out his lyrics in short, sharp bursts, he’s now more versatile. As a songwriter, too, there are signs of maturity.

Once surly in interviews and spiky on record, the four rapscallions from High Green are now well-travelled individuals.

Turner moved to New York when his girlfriend, model Alexa Chung, took a job with MTV. Drummer Helders has had rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on speed dial since they worked together last year.

With lives like these, another batch of songs about provincial dancefloors and chip shops would have had a hollow ring. The impression that this is a more thoughtful affair is clear from the first two tracks, She’s Thunderstorms and Black Treacle, both jangling, melodic workouts owing plenty to the Sixties beat boom.

From that point, the songs swing between sweet, chiming pop and harder rock ’n’ roll numbers in thrall to glam-era Bowie and The Jam.

Reckless Serenade and Piledriver Waltz show the band’s softer side, with their rock instincts apparent on Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair and Library Pictures.

When they broke through, Arctic Monkeys were hailed as saviours of British rock. But they turned out to be the last of a breed before being replaced by electro-popsters and rappers. This rejuvenation — especially if it gives homegrown guitar music a boost — is timely.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1393756/Arctic-Monkeys-Suck-It-And-See-album-review.html#ixzz1OE9m0wHQ

[Iceman]

Having started their music career like a runaway train in 2005, it was inevitable Arctic Monkeys would hit the buffers at some point.

A fresh-faced indie-guitar quartet from Sheffield, they were barely out of their teens when their first album, with pithy songs about mini-cabs and nightclubs, became the fastest-selling debut in history.

But the party didn’t last. The band’s Glastonbury headline slot in 2007 was disappointing and their last album, Humbug, saw them abandon catchy choruses for heavy, muscular riffs.

In a bid to be seen as more serious musicians, they grew their mop-topped hair and adopted the look of Seventies rock gods.
All grown up: Arctic Monkeys have returned with a rejuvenated sound

All grown up: Arctic Monkeys have returned with a rejuvenated sound

Singer Alex Turner has done some serious thinking — and made more regular visits to his barber — since. This fourth album, built around potent hooks and chiming guitars, reaffirms his status as one of his generation’s sharpest songwriters.

From the album title (apparently chosen in tribute to Carry On films — though some worried U.S. stores have covered it up) to the accessible arrangements, it is a huge step in the right direction. Made in the same LA studio as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, it has a sunny feel.

‘Everyone was in a good mood when we were there. The fact we were having a laugh comes across,’ says Turner. ‘We wanted the album to sound up; not too serious.’

The band — Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley and Matt Helders — also changed their approach in the studio. Rather than piece songs together by jamming, they finished the words and music before starting work with producer James Ford.

The outcome is a tight, melodic affair in which a dozen songs race by in 40 minutes.

Turner has upped his game as a singer. Once noted for barking out his lyrics in short, sharp bursts, he’s now more versatile. As a songwriter, too, there are signs of maturity.

Once surly in interviews and spiky on record, the four rapscallions from High Green are now well-travelled individuals.

Turner moved to New York when his girlfriend, model Alexa Chung, took a job with MTV. Drummer Helders has had rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on speed dial since they worked together last year.

With lives like these, another batch of songs about provincial dancefloors and chip shops would have had a hollow ring. The impression that this is a more thoughtful affair is clear from the first two tracks, She’s Thunderstorms and Black Treacle, both jangling, melodic workouts owing plenty to the Sixties beat boom.

From that point, the songs swing between sweet, chiming pop and harder rock ’n’ roll numbers in thrall to glam-era Bowie and The Jam.

Reckless Serenade and Piledriver Waltz show the band’s softer side, with their rock instincts apparent on Don’t Sit Down ’Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair and Library Pictures.

When they broke through, Arctic Monkeys were hailed as saviours of British rock. But they turned out to be the last of a breed before being replaced by electro-popsters and rappers. This rejuvenation — especially if it gives homegrown guitar music a boost — is timely.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1393756/Arctic-Monkeys-Suck-It-And-See-album-review.html#ixzz1OE9m0wHQ

[InOne]

I've been listening to Humbug a bit more lately, don't get all the hate. This is a great song

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[Iceman]

Im over Humbug now.

[InOne]

Humbug is over you :bored: