Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys (Photo: Live4ever Media)
Ahead of their live return to New York for a show at Madison Square Garden tonight (February 8th), Arctic Monkeys‘ Alex Turner and Matt Helders dropped in to the city’s Avatar Studios to record an acoustic version of their lead ‘AM‘ single ‘Do I Wanna Know?‘ (below).
The track heralded a hugely positive response to the band’s fifth studio album, which has sparked huge outdoor shows in the UK for later this year and a fresh run of US dates which began in Miami on January 30th and finish in Minneapolis on the 14th of this month.
Like most, Live4ever was suitably impressed upon the release of ‘AM’, labelling it a, ‘Near flawless, brazen, yet reflective dancefloor filling triumph of an album’.
“A defiantly risk taking chemical blend in the myriad of past and contemporary genres on offer produces thrilling results, continuing the trend with each passing record of subtle changes to maintain the listener’s interest,” the review continued.