On Wednesday the Arctic Monkeys announced their seventh studio album THE CAR for October 21st. A first single has not yet been heard – all the more gratifying for fans that Alex Turner described the sound of the new LP in his own words in a freshly published interview: “On this record, science fiction is off the table. We’re back on Earth,” he said in a conversation with Scottish actor Martin Compston.
Sometimes the band stands, sometimes the focus is on strings
Apparently the album comes up with an interplay of guitars and violins: “I think that with this record we have approached an improved version of a more dynamic overall sound. The strings on this record are sometimes more, sometimes less in the center – and that was a conscious step. There are phases in which the band comes to the fore and then the strings take center stage,” says the 36-year-old.
“Louder” and “Cinematic”
Turner said during the interview, published in UK street newspaper The Big Issue, that THE CAR feels “as if it ties back to the early days of Arctic Monkeys in 2002” when they worked together out of “pure instinct”. . “You have to follow your instincts like you did back then,” he explained. The singer also used the adjectives “louder” and “cinematic” to describe the ten pieces he composed.
His interlocutor, Martin Compston, praised THE CAR as “damn great” and counted the tracks “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” and “Hello You” among the highlights of the record. The former has something of a “Bond villain tone”.
“It will never be like RU Mine again?”
Back in May, drummer Matt Helders gave an outlook on the colors of his band’s upcoming music. “It will never be like RU Mine again? and all that stuff, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff,” he said in an interview. Nevertheless, one can at least count on some riffs, according to the musician. The new pieces are again a little faster than the previous album by the alternative rock group. Roughly speaking, however, the songs will continue where TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO left off.
On Tuesday (23 August) the quartet performed the second song on the record called “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am” for the first time during their performance at Zurich Open Air.
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