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Arctic Monkeys

“Crying Lightning” Video

Jul 26, 2009

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Arctic Monkeys asked Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Josh Homme to produce their third LP, and you can hear the influence on this sludgy initial single. (The boys still have that distinguishing bass riff though.) The “Crying Lightning” clip mirrors the Monkeys’ murky aesthetic, with the newly shaggy quartet rocking out on a small, computer-generated ghost vessel. The clip debuted on UK Channel 4 and on YouTube immediately after. Humbug comes out August 25th via Domino. The band’s first U.S. show in almost two years is at All Points West next weekend. The rest of the Monkeys’ fall gigs can be found here.