The band hit the road that February, kicking off a multi-leg tour that ran through the rest of the year. After playing another handful of shows in early , the guys took a short hiatus before reconvening with James Ford for their fourth album. Sessions began that fall, and the resulting Suck It and See arrived in spring , topping the U. Meanwhile, Turner also wrote music for a Richard Ayoade film, Submarine , whose soundtrack doubled as the frontman's first solo release.
A few months later, the band played at the London Summer Olympics opening ceremony, performing "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and the Beatles ' "Come Together," but it wasn't until the summer of that the group's fifth album was to be revealed. Entitled AM , the record was released in September, a few months after a triumphant headlining performance at Glastonbury , which was opened with the new song "Do I Wanna Know?
Following the end of their tour in , the band entered an extended hiatus, during which time the individual members pursued solo projects. In , Turner released his second album with the Last Shadow Puppets and toured.
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Blues Classical Country. Arctic Monkeys were formed in by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders. After recording and independently distributing demos, the band released their debut EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, on 30 May It looks like the Arctic Monkeys are working on new music for , according to an interview with their manager.
A version of the single with 2 B-sides was released on 7 and 10 inch vinyl on 30 May. The band allowed fans to listen to the entire album on their website before deciding about whether to purchase it or not. Suck It and See was then released on 6 June , and went straight to No. In doing so, Arctic Monkeys became only the second band in history to debut four albums in a row at the top of the charts. Most of the stock was burned because of the London riots.
A limited edition 7" Vinyl of the single was then released over the band's website on 14 August. The song only managed to chart in the top in the UK, however reaching higher in Belgium at No. In September the band released a music video for the song " Suck It and See " featuring drummer Matt Helders, and announced they would be releasing it as a single on 31 October They played at Lollapalooza 5—7 August On 21 August, they also played at Lowlands, the Netherlands. The tour continued until March The video for the single was released on YouTube on 5 January The concert was a part of the AM Tour.
On 26 February , the band released a brand new song titled " R U Mine? On 21 April, the song was released as a single, with the track "Electricity" as a B-side, released additionally for the Record Store Day. The song marked a direct shift in musical direction in comparison to their previous album, Suck It and See , by incorporating a heavy use of falsetto and hip hop beats, and eventually became the inspiration for AM.
It later peaked at number 21, becoming their highest charting single since 's "Crying Lightning". The studio version of the song, along with accompanying visuals, was also made available to purchase via iTunes, and entered the UK Singles Chart at number On 24 June , the band announced that their new album, entitled AM , would be released on 9 September It debuted at no.
The band streamed the album in its entirety four days ahead of its release. Upon the release of AM on 9 September , the album debuted at number 1 in the UK album charts, selling over , copies in its first week. Alex Turner described AM as the band's "most original [album] yet," merging hip-hop drum beats with 70's heavy rock. The frontman has said that the song " Arabella " expresses the two styles of the album most effectively in one track.
The band have a handful of shows left in late , which will close the 'AM' Tour. The band's music is known to fall under the umbrella of indie rock although they have changed their style of rock on each album, which is one of the band's key features. But that 25 minutes — wow. Working out what the band actually played is tricky because nobody was taking proper notes.
Plus, only three songs seem to have been recorded on the night, including the original compositions Ravey Ravey Ravey Club and Curtains Closed.
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