Arctic Monkeys have revealed that their eagerly anticipated new album is due to be titled Humbug.

The Sheffield indie giants have been silent for too long. Arctic Monkeys last released an album with 2007's Favourite Worst Nightmare, touring extensively before the band took a break and embarked on a number of side projects.

Singer Alex Turner formed The Last Shadow Puppets with The Rascals singer Miles Kane. Combining a flair for indie pop with a love of the orchestral textures of singers such as Scott Walker debut album Age Of The Understatement was a massive success.

A headline performance at Reading and Leeds saw the band unveil their debut album in fine style, with producer James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco roped in on drums. Fellow Arctic Monkey Matt Helders, meanwhile, turned his hand at being a DJ mixing an instalment of All Back To Mine.

The band recorded the new album with Josh Homme in California. The Queens Of The Stone Age main man has apparently added a rock edge to the group's sound, with long term collaborator James Ford mixing the album in New York.

Arctic Monkeys unveiled new material in a tour of Australia and New Zealand earlier this year. Greeted rapturously by fans, the new songs are said to be more melodic than previous efforts with Alex Turner retaining his well worn croon from The Last Shadow Puppets.

Arctic Monkeys are set to headline Reading and Leeds this summer, with the band widely expected to unveil new material at the show. In addition to this the group are due to play a number of other events during the summer including Norway's Oya Festival and Serbia's legendary musical bash Exit.

Arctic Monkeys are set to release their new album Humbug on August 24th.

― Bee OK, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:06 PM (3 weeks ago)

Early previews of the album suggest that it is a departure from the style of the band's first two albums, with a prevailing influence from lead singer Alex Turner's side-project The Last Shadow Puppets - the same "laconic croon" has been adopted by the whole band, "injecting the Arctics with a new sound that sends them onto wild soundscaping adventures". The album has been described as has having a "carnival-esque atmosphere", but it is described as a "spooky and ethereal trip, a lysergic cavalcade that haunts every track".

The band themselves suggested that the album would be "full-on", with tracks influenced by Black Sabbath. On ClashMusic.com, Alex Turner revealed that the band had listened to Jimi Hendrix and Cream while writing the new album.



1. My Propeller
2. Crying Lightning
3. Dangerous Animals
4. Secret Door
5. Potion Approaching
6. Fire And The Thud
7. Cornerstone
8. Dance Little Liar
9. Pretty Visitors
10. The Jeweller’s Hands

first single will be "Crying Lightning"

I like this song, but that riff sounds a lot like The Drones' "Minotaur".

Since I like LSP about 10 times as much as previous Arctic Monkeys I might like this.

This is the most embarrasingly awkward sentence I've ever read.

I don't like the sound of this.

thanks for this Bee. on the dl.

is this full album or just the single?

only the single is out there, it's GREAT! also on You Tube if you don't want to d/l.

full album:

Nah, that single is a complete rip of the Minotaur:

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this album does not sound like the Arctic Monkeys outside "Pretty Visitors." i really don't see playing it that often but could change with more listens.

Okay now I know I'll like it. Downloading.

Yeah, it's Last Shadow Puppets with more geetar and Gothy Morrison and less Scott Walker.

"Potion Approaching" is great.

I am not a fan of the new album. Like alot of the stuff they did until this..Doesn't sound like them at all.

Pretty sure that riff/general vibe was not invented by The Drones.

But yeah, the songs are pretty similar. Neither one is really anything special.

Crying Lightning EP, includes a pretty damn good cover of the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand"...

http://www.weallwantsomeone.org/2009/08 ... ight-hand/