Earlier this week we sat down with arctic monkeys lead singer ‘Alex Turner’ in Newcastle for a short interview. Alex Walked in wearing a pair of worn-out jeans and a casual T. He sat down opposite me and the interview began.
Hi Alex, How’s it going?
Hi, really great to be here. It’s going great, just finished up at a few radio stations, promoting the new album. Yeah, it’s definitely a little crazy right now, but it’s a god crazy if you know what I mean. How’s everything going here?
Well it’s great now you’re here. So the album is out now, what can we expect?
What can you expect? Well, the thing is you aren’t going to expect anything. For this album we’ve tried out new things. We didn’t want to put out another record that was the same as the last. We didn’t want the album to sound like a re-release of the last. I mean we know what our sound is but that doesn’t mean you can’t try out new things and freshen things up.
Could you go a little bit more into detail on that, please?
Yeah, absolutely. Well we have introduced new instruments, for example. The guys have been playing different instruments in the back of the songs. We’ve changed the tempos of songs on the album. You know, faster and slower songs. The album has this chilled out feel to it whereas some of the last albums have been a bit harder and full on.
Do you have any favourites on the album?
Honestly, I really like every song on the album. And you might think I’m just saying that to make people go and buy it but, hand on heart, I really love and am proud of what we have done with this album. But I think each of us have our own personal favourite on the album because of what we’ve written to contribute. The album has the more commercial songs that are fit for radio but what the album has and this is said for our last albums is more personal, more emotional and deep songs and I think those are always going to be my favourite types of songs.
Do you have any plans to tour the country?
Yeah, we’ve played about here and there to get ready for the tour and yes, there definitely is going to be a tour. We’ll be going top to bottom and we’re hoping to take the tour to America and all around the world. Tickets will be available soon.
Fantastic, really nice to meet you Alex. Enjoy the tour and I hope to speak to you again soon. Thanks for coming in.
My pleasure, definitely. Thanks for having me.
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