Take heed to Arctic Monkeys’ first single in 4 years, ‘There’d Higher Be A Mirrorball’

Arctic Monkeys have returned with the lead single from their forthcoming seventh album, ‘The Automobile’ – a jazzy slow-burner known as ‘There’d Higher Be A Mirrorball’.

Matching up with how the band had teased their new materials in current months, the brand new tune is equally shimmery and meditative, with an fringe of ’60s pop balladry. “Don’t get emotional, that ain’t such as you / Yesterday’s nonetheless leaking via the roof / That’s nothing new,” Alex Turner sings on its first verse. “I do know I promised that is what I wouldn’t do / Someway giving it the previous romantic idiot / Appears to higher swimsuit the temper.”

Take a look on the music video for ‘There’d Higher Be A Mirrorball’, directed by Turner himself, beneath:

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It comes simply over 24 hours after the band’s career-spanning set at this yr’s Leeds Pageant, which they headlined on Sunday (August 28) after doing the identical at Studying a day earlier.

In a four-star evaluate of their Studying present, NME’s Thomas Smith wrote: “Whether or not tonight ranks as one of many band’s definitive units remains to be up for debate; the Yorkshire homecoming in Leeds may nonetheless take the mantle. However right here the band look snug within the sweet-spot, one the place each chant-along indie classics and extra esoteric concoctions can co-exist in each setlist.”

As they confirmed final Wednesday (August 24), Arctic Monkeys will launch ‘The Automobile’ on October 21 through Domino. A day earlier than the information arrived, they premiered a brand new tune titled ‘I Ain’t Fairly The place I Suppose I Am’ throughout their set on the Zurich Openair competition in Switzerland.

Again in Could, drummer Matt Helders mentioned the brand new document “picks up the place ‘Tranquility Base Resort & On line casino’ left off”. NME gave that 2018 launch – Arctic Monkeys’ sixth full-length effort – a four-star evaluate, writing that the album “feels loads like gazing into the night time sky”.

Followers can anticipate to listen to songs from ‘The Automobile’ on the Arctic Monkeys’ upcoming world tour. After acting at a string of festivals throughout Europe (the Cala Mijas and MEO Kalorama festivals in Spain and Lisbon, respectively), the UK (Electrical Picnic in Eire) and North America (Life Is Stunning in Las Vegas and Primavera Sound in LA), they’ll play exhibits in South America and Australia.