Arctic Monkeys have released a new music video for “Sculptures of Anything Goes”.
This is the fourth music video to be released from The Car, the band’s seventh studio album released in October 2022. Watch the video here:
“Sculptures of Anything Goes” is the latest single from the critically acclaimed album. A distinct break away from the band’s indie rock roots, the album continues where Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino left off with its piano-oriented experimental pieces.
The video hones in on the new lounge rock feel that Arctic Monkeys are channelling these days with its colourful palette and abstract shots of the band both in rehearsals and performing the song on tour.
Moving on from his Teddy-boy style days that became iconic during the peak of A.M. mania, Alex Turner has matured in aesthetic in a way that goes hand in hand with the band’s change in musical direction.
The video was directed by Ben Chapell with Matthew Cronin as editor.
The video has largely been met with positivity with Twitter user @RuzannaBlack declaring it to be a “masterpiece.”
Sculptures of anything goes music video is a masterpiece.
That’s it. Send Tweet.— Amarikacin (@RuzannaBlack) March 6, 2023
Another fan took to Twitter to state that the song is ‘perfect, overcomplicated, weird and poetic.’
i wasn’t sure why they chose sculptures of anything goes as the new single, but now that i spent more time with the song, i get it. it’s that perfect, overcomplicated, weird and poetic thing i love alex for pic.twitter.com/hqf3kKKV9w — Anna (slow)⁷ (@vadjokakivadjok) March 7, 2023
The Car has without a doubt been Arctic Monkey’s most polarising album yet. The album received critical acclaim, with NME awarding it ‘Album of the Year,’ declaring it to be “the band’s most adventurous album, but also their most open-hearted, striking a perfect balance between subversion and tenderness.”
The first single released from the album, “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball” was nominated for a Best Alternative Music Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards and was listed in The Guardian’s 20 Best Songs of 2022.
However, some fans were disappointed to find the band once again distancing themselves from the indie rock sounds of Favourite Worst Nightmare and Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
One fan wanted to ‘bin’ the album upon hearing it’s similarities to Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
One song into the new Arctic Monkeys album and can already tell it’s every bit as shit as their last album was.
Bin.#TheCar
— Louthdog (@Louthdog) October 21, 2022
Another fan called out the fact that the album was far less of a collaborative band effort than usual, with Alex Turner being credited as the sole writer for seven of the ten tracks.
Only three songs on #TheCar are listed as being @ArcticMonkeys songs. So the rest of the band didn’t want their name on the other seven. Maybe they think it’s a shit album too. — Ste (@SABrack84) October 21, 2022
“Sculptures of Anything Goes” was a team effort from Turner and Jamie Cook however and has largely been praised for its maturity as a track.
Arctic Monkeys are set to tour the UK and Ireland in 2023. Find tickets here.
29/05/2023 – Ashton Gate Stadium – Bristol
31/05/2023 – Building Society Arena – Coventry
02/06/2023-03/06/2023 – Emirates Old Trafford – Manchester
07/06/2023 – Carrow Road Stadium – Norwich
09/06/2023-10/06/2023 – Hillsborough Park – Sheffield
12/06/2023 – Swansea.com Stadium – Swansea
14/06/2023 – The Ageas Bowl – Southampton
16/06/2023-18/06/2023 – Emirates Stadium – London
20/06/2023 – Malahide Castle – Dublin
25/06/2023 – Bellahouston Park – Glasgow
Stream The Car here.
