![]() ![]() ![]() Influenced by Scott Walker, early David Bowie and more of the swashbuckling singer-songwriters of the late-’60s and early ‘70s. No longer were they just the biggest fish in the indie pond, they were rock stars.Ī year after ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’, in 2008, Alex Turner teamed up with Rascals member Miles Kane to form The Last Shadow Puppets. Years later, ‘Humbug’ is quite clearly the moment the Sheffield scamps started a new chapter. With the benefit of time, the band’s third – and most challenging album at that point – remains a crucial stepping-stone for the band they would become. Ten years later (released August 24 in the UK), ‘Humbug’ now seems less of an anomaly and more of a revelation. It sounded like it was being played at half-speed. A gruesome, squelchy bassline set the tone, and not long after Alex Turner started singing about strawberry laces and gobstoppers. Except… it sounded absolutely nothing like the band who had found instant fame with 2005 debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ and 2007 follow-up ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’. ‘Crying Lightning’ was Arctic Monkeys’ first single in over two years, and the first from third album ‘Humbug’, released over a month later. On July 6 2009, something dark and twisted leaked from BBC Radio 1. ![]()
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