Music Review

Humbug (2009)

Arctic Monkeys
Reviewed by | Aug 26, 2009
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Aug 25, 2009; Lead Performance: Arctic Monkeys; Genre: Rock

Three albums in, the lads from northern England continue to churn out spiky Britpop anthems, though they take a (relative) turn for the deeper and darker on their new album, Humbug. There's a new psychedelic wooze that springs, no doubt, from the album's producer, sludge-rock maestro ?and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. B+

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Originally posted Aug 25, 2009 Published in issue #1063 Sep 04, 2009 Order article reprints

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