Photo credit: Zackery Michael

Needing no introduction, Arctic Monkeys have this week shared news of this highly anticipated seventh studio album, ‘The Car’, due for release Friday the 21st of October. Set to feature ten new songs written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory, Suffolk, RAK Studios, London and La Frette, Paris the band's latest LP will follow on from 2018's Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. The deluxe LP will be available on limited grey vinyl with a tip on sleeve and mounted gloss cover image via the AM Official Store. An exclusive, custard coloured LP will be available at independent record shops and HMV stores. ‘The Car’ will also be available on standard LP, CD, cassette and digitally. You can pre-order the album here.   

Artwork by Matt Helders

The tracklisting for ‘The Car’: 
There’d Better Be A Mirrorball
I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am
Sculptures Of Anything Goes
Jet Skis On The Moat
Body Paint
The Car
Big Ideas
Hello You
Mr Schwartz
Perfect Sense

The band will be playing the following headline and festival shows:
 
August
25  Rock En Seine, Paris, France
27  Reading Festival, UK
28  Leeds Festival, UK
 
September
1  Cala Mijas Festival, Malaga, Spain
2  Kalorama, Lisbon, Portugal
4  Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Ireland
16  Life Is Beautiful Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
18  Primavera Sound, Los Angeles, California, US
 
November
4  Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5  Primavera Sound, São Paulo, Brazil
8  Pedreira Paulo Leminsk, Curitiba, Brazil
10  Kilk Fest, Asunción, Paraguay
12 Primavera Sound, Santiago de Chile, Chile
13  Primavera Sound, Buenos Aires, Argentina
15  Arena 1, Lima, Peru
17  Coliseo Live, Bogota, Colombia
19  Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
 
December
29  Lost Paradise, Sydney, Australia
31  Falls Festival VIC, Murron (Victoria), Australia
 
January
2   Falls Festival NSW, Yelgun, Australia
4  Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
5  Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
6  Heaps Good Festival, Adelaide, Australia
8  Falls Festival WA, Perth, Australia
11 Riverstage, Brisbane, Australia
14  The Domain, Sydney, Australia 

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