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Grammy-nominated alternative collective 
Arctic Monkeys have returned. Their seventh studio album, 
The Car, official overseas release of October 21, 2022.
The music is gorgeous, with warmer keys (and synths), strings, and eventually, a more raucous electric guitar. Arctic Moneys never fail in the instrumental department. Furthermore, Alex Turner serves up sublime vocals and colorful lyrics. Honestly, not just anybody could commence a record with, “For a master of deception and subterfuge / You’ve made yourself quite the bed to lie in.”
Arctic Monkeys rarely if ever fall short. This is a cleverly written record. Furthermore, it’s well-performed and well-produced. It takes ‘next level’ creativity to construct an album like this. Clearly, Alex Turner and Arctic Monkeys are locked-in to that next level.
The Car was recorded with longtime producer James Ford at a converted Suffolk monastery called Butlery Priory. The choice to avoid a traditional studio was inspired by some of Turner’s favorite bands. “There’s a bunch of Led Zeppelin and Stones records where they were in this house in the country and then they went and sorted it all out and overdubbed it elsewhere,” he said. “We went there in the summer, took all the equipment, got the raw material and then took it on elsewhere.”
