We’ve been waiting long enough, but it’s official now. Arctic Monkeys are back in the studio.
The news was confirmed by bassist Nick O’Malley in an interview with motorcycle website For The Ride (yep, we’re all getting scooped by bikes now – Ed).
“Nick found time for the track day before recording began on the eagerly anticipated sixth album, started at a secret location in September,” the piece explains. “The new album will be out next year because ‘if it isn’t, we’ve got problems’.”
That makes comments made by drummer Matt Helders to a fan recently, where he suggested new material could be expected before the end of the year, looks less likely to be accurate – but at least they’ve started work on something other than growing deeply disturbing facial hair.
While we’re waiting, you can have a refresher with the Really Very Good ‘Do I Wanna Know’ below.