Arctic Monkeys announce new album 'The Car', to be released Oct 21st

Arctic Monkeys release their new album, entitled ‘The Car’, on Friday the 21st of October. The band’s seventh studio album, ‘The Car’ features ten new songs written by Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory, Suffolk, RAK Studios, London and La Frette, Paris. 

Following 2018’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino’, ‘The Car’ finds Arctic Monkeys running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner’s career.

The deluxe LP will be available on limited grey vinyl with a tip on sleeve and mounted gloss cover image. 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. 

The tracklisting for ‘The Car’ is as follows:

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