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Arctic Monkeys: "Crying Lightning" (Stream)

10:19 a.m. · July 7, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

As promised last week, Arctic Monkeys' new single, "Crying Lightning," premiered in studio form on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 yesterday. The song is, as the live takes suggested, darker than a lot of the Monkeys past work, and is led by a heavy, distorted bass line. It seems like the band is also maturing past their quick, post-punk blasts into songs that breathe and grow. 

Arctic Monkeys' Humbug is due out on August 25 via Domino. [Stereogum]