In case you missed it, the
Arctic Monkeys previewed five tracks off their new album at a live web transmission via their website yesterday (July 30).
The band played tracks ‘Pretty Visitors‘, ‘Crying Lightning‘, ‘Potion Approaching‘, ‘Red Right Hand‘ (Nick Cave cover) and finisher, ‘Secret Door‘.
All tracks, except for ‘Red Right Hand‘ which will be a Japanese bonus track, are off the band’s forthcoming album, ‘Humbug‘, due out August 25.
The live webcast, which was directed by Jose Luis Divano, lasted about thirty-mitues and saw the band play infront of lit up blue screens.
In other news, Alex Turner and co. are set to kick off their North American tour tomorrow (August 1) with a performance at New Jersey’s All Points West Festival.
UPDATE: The original videos I posted were taken down, so I re-posted these, watch them before they are taken down again.