Arctic Monkeys new album "Out before Leeds and Reading"

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DiS shared a few words with Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders yesterday in relation to Sheffield's new Tramlines festival (think: Dot To Dot or Live At Leeds, only free) which takes place between July 24th-26th. More news on that coming shortly, but while we were there we asked him a few questions about the band's third record - recorded partly with Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.

Here's what he had to say about the eagerly anticipated release...

Tell us about the third Arctic Monkeys album - is it all finished now?

It's all recorded now, yeah. We're about halfway through mixing it at the moment. I'm not sure about a release date, it'll probably be sometime in August before Leeds and Reading. Nothing's definite, though, it all depends on when we do the artwork and pick a title. And we've not finalised the tracklisting yet, we're mixing quite a few and then narrowing it down - so it also depends on how long we take doing that. We'll probably do it in the next week or so, sort it all out.

You did some sessions at Josh Homme's studio, how much of that stuff has made it onto the album?

It's looking like being half that, and half with James Ford. It works together, though, it's not like a double sided thing. It seems to sit together quite well, you can't tell what was done where.

How was working with Josh? He's been a fan of yours for a while...

We were all massive [Queens Of The Stone Age] fans before we were even a band, and to work with someone like that is just amazing. He's produced a lot of their stuff, and nothing's a chore for him - like if you do a song four times and then want to change a drum, he'll do it. He sees how important things like that are, and he knows about good sounds, too.

He's reputed to be something of a fiery figure, did you experience any of that?

Not really, no. He always had an authority over us, in a way, but he never got angry with us or anything. He's a really nice guy, really funny as well.

In terms of the sound of the record, have you pursued the heavier direction of the second album or gone on a different tangent?

Bits of it are in [Favourite Worst Nightmare's] direction, but there's some quite melodic things as well. It's not, like a 'heavy' album, though there are elements of that. I don't want to give anything away because we haven't decided on the tracklisting yet, but the songs we've been playing live recently, like 'Crying Lightning' and 'Dangerous Animals', I reckon they'll all make it on there.

 

bump for anyone who didnt see this earlier.

 

about time been waiting for a decent band to bring some new material out

 

Some more stuff here

Arctic Monkeys: 'Someone nicked all our new lyrics'
http://www.arcticmonkeysuk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3103

Video: Arctic Monkeys wrap up new album, 6 Music News
http://www.arcticmonkeysuk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3106

 

Load a ballacks

Reading went out last night and here's hoping about leeds going out !!!

 

RE: Load a ballacks

Methinks you didnt mean to reply to that post

 

Tuneless Pigs.

Most overrated band in music history.

 

no mate it was relating to your first post !

and a feeblr attempt at humour !!!

 

give over....top band !

 

well it made me chuckle

 

No mate, overblown novelty act and Wednesdayites to boot

 

RE: no mate it was relating to your first post !

ah now i see it nice one!

 

figures dont lie!..just that!

down to opinion and general opinion shows they make good music.

 

Oh aye overblown novelty act!

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history, selling 363,735 copies in the first week.[23] This smashed the previous record of 306,631 copies held by Hear’Say with their debut Popstars, and sold more copies on its first day alone — 118,501 — than the rest of the Top 20 albums combined.[24]

The record was released a month later in the U.S. and sold 34,000 units in its first week, making it the second fastest selling for a debut indie album in America and debuting at #24 on the Billboard album chart.[25] However, U.S. sales for the first year did not match those of the first week in the UK for Whatever... . US critics were more reserved about the band than their UK counterparts, and appeared unwilling to be drawn into the possibility of "yet another example of the UK's press over-hyping new bands".[26] However, the band's June 2006 tour of North America received critical acclaim at each stop[27][28][29] — the hype surrounding them "proven to exist for good reason".[30] Meanwhile, the UK's NME magazine declared the band's debut album the "5th greatest British album of all time".[31] They also equalled the record of The Strokes and Oasis at the 2006 NME Awards, winning three fan-voted awards for Best British Band, Best New Band and Best Track for "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor".

 

That means that you must think Hear Say are quality as well then! nt

 

But they are still **** nt

 

Ah well - making more money than us debating if they are quality or not - more fool us i guess

 

RE: That means that you must think Hear Say are quality as well then! nt

and no i dont.

Where the Arctic Monkeys formed out of a National TV talentshow?