Arctic Monkeys: 'It Would Feel Fake To Record Album Like Our Debut'
Friday, 11 May 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Indie-rockers Arctic Monkeys have confessed that although they're working on a follow-up to their last album 'Suck it and See', they won't be able to make anything similar to their debut record 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'.
The band have been hard at work touring the US alongside The Black Keys following the release of their very successful 'Suck it and See', but are already looking to the future and what they'll be working on next. But, fans hoping for a return to their original debut album are out of luck – as the band think it would be 'feel fake' to repeat the same style again.
Speaking to the Calgary Herald, drummer Matt Helders said: “For us, it seems obvious to do something different when you make a new record. I know that bands can successfully carry on by having a similar sound forever, can have a full career out of it. Obviously many do and that works. It's just that I don't think we'd ever want to do that. We couldn't make a record like our first record again, it would sound a bit fake.”
He continued: “We've never really thought that we can let expectation dictate what kind of music we make. I think it's important that we make a record that we think is good and hopefully people share that opinion. Since that first record, we've all changed and hopefully the people that were into us have changed as well, grown up with us.”
Helders was then asked whether there'd be a break between touring and returning to the studio – and it doesn't seem likely...
“This is the longest we've ever toured a record, since its come out. Usually, we have got back in the studio by now or we've had a break. This tour's great, we're really enjoying it but I think we're ready to record again or at least think about it. We never really take that long to make a record.”
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