Sorry Arctic Monkeys fans, but the band doesn’t intend to release singles ahead of their new album Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. This means we will have to wait until May 11th, when the album officially gets released, in order to hear new Arctic Monkeys music. This was confirmed to Pitchfork by the band’s representative.
Also, in a recent interview with Mojo, the band’s frontman Alex Turner confirmed the information, adding that we have guitarist Jamie Cook to thank for this decision.
“Jamie was really keen on that idea, and I guess people at Domino,” said Turner. “But it didn’t come from me. I understand it, I think.”
Although Arctic Monkeys won’t be revealing new songs, Turner decided to share the opening lyrics of the first song from Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, “Star Treatment”:
“I just wanted to be one of the Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make/Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase, miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway.“
“That’s me writing about writing,” Turner explained the lyrics. “Did the Strokes line feel too close to home? Yeah, absolutely. But you can’t let that stop you.”
Rolling out on May 11th, 2018, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino will be Arctic Monkeys’ sixth studio album. The album was produced by Alex Turner and band’s longtime collaborator James Ford.
So far, it looks like Arctic Monkeys didn’t hit a home run with Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. Few media releases (Mojo and Uncut) who managed to get their hands on the full version of the album gave it a positive review but noted that the band’s new sound doesn’t deliver the same excitement like 2013’s AM.
