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Arctic Monkeys release comeback single today (July 7) - audio

Band make 'Crying Lightning' available as download

Arctic Monkeys released their comeback single in the early hours of this morning (July 7).

'Crying Lightning' is the first track to be taken from the Sheffield quartet's third album 'Humbug', which is not released until August 24.

The song became available as a legal download via services like iTunes at midnight after it received its first radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show and on NME Radio.

Speaking about the song Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner told Lowe: "This was deemed the best signifier of the record. It was a favourite during recording."

He added: "We've enjoyed making it ['Humbug'] more than the other two put together. It does really feel like we're getting somewhere."

The track will be physically released on August 17, though it can also be heard now Zane Lowe's blog below.

Arctic Monkeys tickets:

Date / Time	Artist	Venue	Town/City	Buy
Nov 22, 2009 19:30	Arctic Monkeys	Trent Fm Arena	Nottingham	Buy Arctic Monkeys tickets from Seetickets

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Comments (8)

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nickthedudeis

Jul 7, 2009

anyone else see the resemblance to the passenger by iggy pop like the verse at the begining has the same rythm and bass line

miiien

Jul 7, 2009

not available in your area :(

gazhat

Jul 7, 2009

......Zane Lowe you crawly arse-licking fucker, its not that good, might be a grower but does'nt sound like nowt special to my ears...

sacha_boy

Jul 8, 2009

I'm a huge fan of the Arctic Monkeys and Alex Turner but i hope the album has better tracks, I'll still buy this track but I don't think it'll sell well

Matt Mate

Jul 8, 2009

I like it, not a dance floor filler unfortunatly but holds high hopes for the album.

TheAcrylics

Jul 8, 2009

Yeah!! i hope to listed that new track, arctics rocks!

linurtiful

Jul 15, 2009

hm.. it sounds quite refreshing . ..but i must say "higher tempo, monkeys, please" ; )

BillyPilgrim

Jul 24, 2009

Wow. josh homme's mark is all over that, i could have sworn he played that guitar solo.The verses sound suspiciously like The Drones single "Minotaur" from last year, particularly the way the vocals follow the guitar.