Arctic Monkeys Have Been Making Music for 20 Years...And They're Surprised!

The Arctic Monkeys have just released their newest album The Car, and they are surprised themselves.

The Arctic Monkeys have been an all-time favorite of the alternative music scene for many years- twenty years to be exact. Their unique, edgy sound has been defining for multiple generations of music listeners. With the release of their newest album The Car, which came out in the midst of the album releasing flurry that was October 21st, fans around the world are thrilled that they are still getting new Arctic Monkeys songs to jam out to. While we hope the band never stops making music, we must say that we are plesantly surprised that they are still together. What's even more fun is that the Arctic Monkeys themselves are surprised by the exact same thing.

In an exclusive interview with NME, band member Alex Turner shared:

"The records we're making now are definitely different now to the ones we probably thought we would be making when we started out - actually, we didn't think we'd be even making records anymore...20 years ago, I didn't envision ourselves going beyond...Well, the fact we gave ourselves the name 'Arctic Monkeys' alludes to the extent of ambitions we had...Clearly hardly any."

With this time has come growth. Something that has kept the band so well loved by their fans throughout time has been their ability to embrace new sounds and new knowledge with their original energy. Turner went on to say:

"When I think back to earlier times, I feel like we were just running on instinct, creative decisions included...I mean, like, first and foremost, we didn't really know how to play our instruments at the start. But beyond that, I don't really think that much within the band has changed a great deal; we might know a few more tricks, but we're still rolling on that very same instinct."

We hope the band has many more years of music to surprise the world with.