Arctic Monkeys.

haha brilliant!

I listened to poor quality live versions of 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala' and 'That's Where You're Wrong'. I'm not going to listen to any more until the album comes out.

I'm not going to listen to that, but is it a studio version? How come it's out?

The leaking of 'Reckless Serenade' is a bit odd, isn't it? Loving its indie-pop jangliness, regardless. Sounds somewhat like a reimagining of 'There She Goes' by the Las.

The boys are gonna be on Jools tomorrow night, apparently 'Reckless...' is among the four tunes they've played, along with 'Brick By Brick' and 'Don't Sit Down...'. I'm unsure of what the last tune is, very eager to find out though.

Have had the live version of 'Hellcat' on repeat since I first heard it. Brilliant track, can really see it becoming a festival anthem this summer.

What do people make of the lyrics so far? 'Brick By Brick' aside, it seems as though Turner is continuing on the tangent he first explored with the Favourite Worst Nightmare B-Sides and subsequently honed on Humbug and its B-Sides also. I think the sometimes convoluted, hyperbolic wordings he seems to be employing detract somewhat from tunes like 'Piledriver Waltz'. It kinda seems as though he's conscious that he's writing lyrics and maybe trying to pander to his public image as an accomplished wordsmith. While he's no doubt using some extremely impressive turns of phrase and metaphors, dense wordiness can sometimes have a detrimental effect on his melodic phrasing.

Anyone else think the bass is a bit of a rip off of Lithium

Jamie has alright. Is he still going out with the page three model?
What has the original bassist done since he left?

Library Pictures is my favourite so far.

Josh Homme's sound has rubbed off on them. They should try and mix Alex's influences on the next. Have some acoustic stuff like on Submarine ' Meeting place (one of my favourite songs of the last ten years) and despair in the departure lounge. Look forward to the album.

Saw them on jools Friday night and between the 3 songs they played and then Brick by Brick which has been around a while I've heard 4 tracks and I'm pretty impressed. Hoping too that they do there own show and not just a slot at oxegen. Saw them in the O2 on the last tour and really enjoyed it, saying that I loved Humbug which for some reason I can't fathom some people didnt like. i had heard that they wanted to alienate some of the more "pop" fans they had but it was hardly nashville skyline they put out!

Barlivia wrote: »

really looking forward to this album. brick by brick my favourite. any plans for a tour later in the year does anyone know?

They're touring North America now until June. Then they have two dates in Sheffield. Then a European tour in June-July (including Oxegen). Then Asia. Then back to the US. Then they're doing more European festivals in August-September.

After that there will probably be a UK tour including the O2 in Dublin. The UK tour isn't confirmed yet though. They'll probably end up playing here around the same time of year as they did last time (November).

Pierce_1991 wrote: »

Just listened to the album, pretty darn good

Agreed, after 2 listens i think its excellent