Album out in 40 days and it's gonna be called 'AM6'

Single next week and it's gonna be called 'Stand Alone'

Source: genious

Saying on the AM forums that the album could drop in May but with no proper single beforehand. 

I doubt the album with be called AM6 and Stand Alone doesn't sound right either. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/arcticmonkeys/comments/820okw/new_lp6_song_name_leaked_by_genius/

posted 20 days ago you would think it would have gained more traction if there was anything in it, I'm guessing not.

Suck it and See is a serviceable enough collection of songs, but my, is it dull!

There's no colour to any of the recordings at all. Everything's so dry. Take Piledriver Waltz, for instance. That's a really good hook that "You look like you've been for breakfast at the Heartbreak Hotel" bit, but you hardly notice because they don't do anything with it. Alright, there's a synth playing that sorta sounds like a choir, but it's buried in the mix, so the track never sounds sufficiently wistful and dreamy as it could (and should) have. Also, Turner's vocals--mostly a monotonous drawl throughout the album--are too loud and sound separate from the instrumentals, so at times he sounds like he's just singing karaoke.

I don't know whose idea it was to record it live, but I think it was ill-advised. They've never struck me as a particularly good live band; I think they need time in a studio, and plenty of overdubs, to make them sound good. 

The way the record has aged rapidly, due to its unimaginative arrangements and bland production, puts me in mind of Don't Believe the Truth. It's weird that they should make their Don't Believe the Truth as their fourth album, when they were all still in their mid-twenties. What happened there?

I mean,there's a fucking sixagone on the cover and in the main page of the official web. Maybe AM6 its like a 'demo name' or something. I don't like it but well,could be possible.

As for the style of the album, people's predictions are ten-a-penny across the internet and "psychedelic rock" is the meagre extent of most opinions.

We know the album was recorded in La Frette Studios near Paris. This being the recording location of Nick Cave's 'Skeleton Tree' was reportedly an influence. 

What's really interesting is that, yes, this is coming off the back of a 5 year break between albums. But Alex has been far from stationary in this time.

As well as the Puppets' album, Alex wrote the lion's share of Alexandra Savior's 'Belladonna of Sadness' - recorded 2015 and released 2016 - with James Ford on production duties. That one is really worth a listen. So satisfying instrumentally with such well constructed songs.

(Side note - the thing that hit me most about that album is how subtly distinctive AT's writing is. A number of songs had me thinking immediately "that's such a Turner chord progression". Hard to explain but there's a lot of minor key magic.)

The upshot is this - what was ostensibly the longest period of inactivity has been a period of near-constant writing. There must have been ideas, concepts, songs that stood out during the 5 years that could appear now or at least have influenced the creative direction somewhat.

Time will tell.

Omfg

I for one am semi-proud in anticipation for this.

Also lol at track 7. Fuckin hell.

Those track titles don't fill me with confidence to be honest, WTF?

Although quite intrigued by "Science Fiction" I must say.

Are we being trolled right now? I sort of hope we are, because if those are for real then i got bad vibes already.

That sample sounds like a continuation of that AM sound.