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Arctic Monkeys: "Crying Lightning" (Video)

3:31 p.m. · July 26, 2009 · by Mark Lyda

Arctic Monkeys' new video "Crying Lightning" premiered to an international audience on YouTube last night. The video features the band, now looking like grown-up Harry Potters, sailing on a tiny wooden boat through dark and stormy CGI seas. Rocking out on their instruments, they eventually encounter gigantic aurora borealis apparitions of themselves. The giant version of the band dazzles the regular-sized version with its own performance of the song. Just when you thought Arctic Monkeys couldn't get any better, they turn into gigantic glowing orbs.

"Crying Lightning" is the first single on the power group's third full-length album, Humbug. [Stereogum]