released on August 3

the duo’s recording process mirrored this tension

no one other than the Pope branded the tune offensive and blasphemous

or any dialogue

and Galaxie 500 exists again as one of the most enrapturing and glorious bands to emerge from the underground in the past 25 years

Arctic Monkeys - AM Fluorescent Lithograph released on August 3Arctic Monkeys have gone from spastic punk, to doomed stoner rock, to sparkling guitar pop, to their fifth album's skinny jeaned funk. On AM, the quartet, now based in Los Angeles, offer a paranoid, haunted collection that goes beyond the sweaty clubs and furtive flirts into the hotel rooms, after parties, and bad decisions that can follow.