Words by Claudia Schmidt // Image via Zackery Michael

‘Body Paint’ is the latest taste of their upcoming seventh studio album, The Car.

The track follows on from last month’s ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’. Both tracks continue the reflective, brooding trajectory of the band’s previous album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, swapping out perfectly packaged indie-rock guitar hooks for more complex ballads filled with strings and harpsichord.

To top it off, ‘Body Paint’ comes with an incredibly cinematic music video, filmed across London and Missouri and directed by Brook Linder, which well and truly secures itself a spot in the music video hall of fame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgEObNc_-k&list=PLXboAJo1ui6HgmsMvkjAmlN7jwdd_qV0Z&ab_channel=OfficialArcticMonkeys

The upcoming album was written by frontman Alex Turner, produced by James Ford and recorded at Butley Priory in Suffolk, RAK Studios in London, and La Frette in Paris.

body paint by arctic monkeys might be one of the best music videos i've ever seen pic.twitter.com/NheK36KeWi

— puella tranquilla🪩 (@flowerxmind) September 29, 2022

For any lucky fans who managed to grab tickets, the band will be visiting Australia later this year, appearing at Falls Festival in December and then touring the country in January (dates below, tix here). The Car is due out on the 21st of October, and you can pre-order it here.