On the heels of “Crying Lightning” and seeing the Arctic Monkeys on a boat, the band’s Humbug LP offers up another dark and dense serving via “My Propeller.” It’s another listen of a band maturing, a brooding minor-key rocker that again shows the gritty touch of its producer, Josh Homme. Alex is looking for a little help getting his propeller started (ladies). Get involved, he’s looking good these days.
Stream it here
Worth noting: Arctic Monkeys are doing a studio web transmission this Thursday, playing songs from the new album. Mark your iCal for Thursday 9PM GMT and bookmark webtransmission.arcticmonkeys.com, where there’s a little trailer for now.
Humbug is out 8/25 via Domino, and they’ve lined up some of their first US shows in two years, starting this weekend at APW.
08/01 – Liberty State Park (All Points West)
08/02 – Montreal, Canada (Osheaga Festival)
08/02 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
08/05 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
08/07 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
08/08 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/28 – Leeds Festival
08/29 – Reading Festival
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Wow, that is good…these sessions with Homme have turned out better than I thought the could. Love the less Strokes-esque sound.
Can’t wait to get my hands on the new album. Homme had a good influence on their sound. Sniff, they grow up so fast!
This song is great. I’m really excited for the album. Pissed off about the whole presale business at the Highline though. I really hope they come back to NY.
underwhelmed…but might be a grower
Awww the man and his corporations came and stole the video back…..
What did you expect? Domino Co. is the home of the web sheriff.
Quel dommage! Too bad I’ll be seeing Torche and Harvey Milk when that web thing happens. Someone want to post about it on Friday?
Definitely digging the new songs and sound though.
Are you from East Atlanta (Obviously)?