Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner: I'm Getting Into Country Music

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has revealed that he's become a fan of country music  after listening to it whilst recording the band's latest album 'Suck It And See'.

In an interview with Australian newspaper Central Queensland News, Turner said that country music was used as an inspiration for the album.

I started getting into country music which is something I've never gone anywhere near until quite recently, like I never understood it before. I know I'm never going to write a country tune, that just wouldn't work, but for that reason I can draw something from it. They're really sort of smart arses sometimes those guys, like George Jones and that kind of thing. The sound doesn't speak to me but the lyrics do.

He added: "It has elements of all three [previous albums] in it really. I think it has some of the sense of humour the first record had, and a bit of the darkness of the third. I don't know if I'd say it was more mature."

Meanwhile, The Arctic Monkeys have posted a new video for their forthcoming b-side track 'Evil Twin'.

The video, which can be watched below on Gigwise, is the follow-up to the video for their latest single 'Suck It And See'.

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