There is a god. Someone was kind (and smart) enough to record a bootleg of the Arctic Monkeys new songs from their Wellington gig. As I posted before the titles of the new songs are: Crying Lightning, Dangerous Animals, Go-Kart, and Prety Visitors. The quality is ten times better than pretty much all of the videos on youtube, but there obviously is still more to be desired. But hey, I am just thankful that some decent recording of these new songs are out there!! Matt’s drumming continues to blow me away. He is such a talented drummer, he really needs to be recognized a lot more.
These new songs are great. You can really see a Josh Homme influence in some of the songs. They are heavier!! The lads also continue their darker theme with these new set of songs. It is hard to make a judgment when the songs are not in the best quality so I will just say that I am happy from what I heard and look forward to better versions in the future. I will say that Crying Lightning really made a strong impression on me, but the other 3 tracks are not trailing by much. The songs display tons of growth for the band, but they do not stray too far from the Arctic’s past sound. This is a characteristic most bands would die for. These guys have yet to make a song that I disliked. The Arctics seem to be set to release another stellar album, if these songs are any indication. Check ‘em out:
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning (Live)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Dangerous Animals (Live)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Go-Kart (Live)
[mp3] : Arctic Monkeys – Pretty Visitors (Live)
John — 19 Jan 09
Thankyou!
Arctic Monkeys album coming soon? « I am popular culture — 19 Jan 09
[...] I’ve only listened to one song so far and it’s not bad. You can catch them here in pretty good quality for a concert here: http://www.weallwantsomeone.org/?p=576 [...]
Hanan — 20 Jan 09
thanks! oh and if you don’t already know, Homme is producing this record, but I think you do know that
DetMackey — 23 Jan 09
You’re most welcome.
http://bootsnallnz.blogspot.com/2009/01/arctic-monkeys-wellington-town-hall.html
anarcticromance — 23 Jan 09
THANK YOU!!! By posting these good-quality tracks you just made my day…no…my YEAR (until the new album comes out, according to the latest news reports, this summer). All of them put me into a kind of trance; I DO think this next album is going to be, unbelievably, better than Favourite Worst Nightmare. I think these will hold me over till summer arrives…yet it’s so far away…
yeudo — 16 Mar 09
this is fuckin amazing!!!