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We Are Scientists have described their surprise at how much more success Arctic Monkeys' fifth album achieved in the US compared to their four previous offerings.
The band have a personal and professional history with Arctic Monkeys - they've performed together many times, and lead singer Keith Murray was even recruited by Alex Turner to pose as him in a 2006 Brit acceptance speech... something the crew filming the speech failed to notice. "My Sheffield accent is pretty spot on!" joked Murray, who is in fact American.
Speaking to Gigwise, Murray went on to discuss the phenomenal success Arctic Monkeys' new album AM has had in the states; "It's pretty unusual for a band to go through such a huge leap in the US on their fifth album the way they did. That was surprising..."
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AM, which was released in September last year and has been nominated for numerous awards, reached No.1 in the US - the first Arctic Monkeys album to do so. Murray confirmed the album's US impact, saying "This album is exponentially bigger than any of their other ones."
As to whether they stay in touch, Murray admitted, "We see them every once in a while. We don't live down the block from them or anything, but we see them when they're in New York. We communicate on occasions."
We Are Scientists' upcoming new album, TV en Francais, will also be their fifth, and is set to be released on 4 March.
