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This is how you start a new month: Arctic Monkeys on NME

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November is kicking off well, aye?

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This simple fact bears repeating, since it seems like he and his band the Arctic Monkeys are so established as part of our musical landscape. It also reflects the fast-edit culture we now exist in: having arrived at their fourth album, Turner and the Monkeys appear far older— almost veteran-like in their staying power.

Suck It And See, their grammatically incorrect fourth LP, offers a deeper truth: how far and wide a band can travel given the time, space and, crucially, the will to do so. For, having taken an artistic leap on its predecessor, Humbug, and divided their audience, here they reap the rewards of their endeavour. Suck It And See is a properly great record— one that should establish the Monkeys at rock’s top table and their creative linchpin as a peerless songwriter.

Sylvia Patterson’s cover feature sheds an illuminating light on Turner. It isn’t one that reveals a penchant for headline-grabbing quotes or outrageous behaviour, but rather of a man driven entirely by his music. […]

- Paul Rees’ editor’s note on the latest issue of Q magazine.