Nearly three years after they released Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the Arctic Monkeys are back with a new album that's expected to make its debut ahead of their summer 2022 tour. On Nov. 12, drummer Matt Helders went on the UK's 5 Live Breakfast and confirmed that the album is "pretty much" done.
"It was a bit disjointed how we had to do it, and there are bits to finish off, but yeah, it's all in the works," he explained, referring to complications caused by the pandemic. "[Our albums] always kind of pick up where the other one left off in a way. [The new sound] makes sense when you think about it in the context of the last record. But we always do try and do something a bit different."