UK indie rock favourites Arctic Monkeys have released new track, ‘Opening Night’, their first taste of new music since the release of their 2022 album The Car.
The track is part of UK-based children’s charity War Child’s upcoming compilation album HELP(2), due out 6 March via War Child Records.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, ‘Opening Night’ is an extension of The Car, with a cinematic lounge pop quality to it.
In a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, drummer Matt Helders explained the meaning behind the making of ‘Opening Night’.
“We’re not looking for attention ever when we do stuff! It’s not the thing that we like about it,” he said. “This is a reason we’d do something. There’s always going to be talk about it like, ‘What does it mean for the band?’ We want it to just be for these people and for this.
“If people are talking about it then they’re talking about War Child, and that’s kind of the point in this. I think everyone involved feels like that a little bit.”
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