The Arctic Monkeys release video for "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"

I previously admitted to an accidental hiatus from the Arctic Monkeys. So when they started releasing all sorts of new stuff like "Brick by Brick" and new single "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", I plunged back in -so to speak. I have no idea what's happened between Favourite Worst Nightmare and now (I missed Humbug thanks to the hiatus) but there's been a definite change in sound. Almost enough to sound like a completely different band. The band's new album is shaping up to be a more retro rock sounding with a noticeably more.

The video for the new single is pretty trippy but not in that "Holy crap, what the HELL is going on" sense (though there is a little bit of that) but merely because of the psychedelic colors and loads of visual distortion.

It'd be easy to dismiss the Arctic Monkeys new sound as a cop out or something to that effect but it's not actually that bad. I mean, I've definitely listened to the two new songs a couple times. So I'll be more than willing to give the new album a chance. You should too.

Enjoy the video for "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair".

Arctic Monkeys release new video and tour details

I'm completely ashamed to admit this but I kind of forgot about The Arctic Monkeys. Nothing to do with them, they just kind of dropped off my radar after the release of their second album and I never heard about them again. So low and behold when I read that their newest song "Brick by Brick" (off their upcoming fourth album) has a music video. The new song is cleaner than I remember the band sounded but still has the appropriate amount of hard rock grit, that fans have come to love. The new song sounds a little like a combination of psychedelic and surf rock so it's no wonder the video features shots of the band on the beach in what would appear to be Los Angeles. The other half of the video is strangely enough just a vinyl record spinning around, along with some quick flashes of the band performing, and some recording equipment. It all makes sense this sort of weird way. Enjoy the video for Arctic Monkey's "Brick by Brick":


They're also plays a small slew of North American tour dates:
5/17 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
5/18 The Electric Factory - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5/19 House of Blues - Boston, Massachusetts
5/21 Kool Haus - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5/22 Olympia de Montreal - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5/24 Rumsey Playfield (aka Central Park Summerstage) - New York, New York
5/26 Clutch Cargoes - Detroit, Michigan
5/27 The Rave - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5/28 First Ave - Minneapolis, Minnesota
5/30 The Ogden Theatre - Denver, Colorado
5/31 In The Venue - Salt Lake City, Utah
6/3 Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, California