Arctic Monkeys

Released: April 16, 2011

Songwriter: Alex Turner

Producer: Ian Shea

[Verse 1]
Black as a beacon in a river of shimmering fog
Yes, she was
If you were heatseeking, she was hard to ignore
Yes, she was

[Chorus]
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on

[Verse 2]
Well, time tastes bland
When she's not around
And you'd sit and you'd sink and approach the brink
Before she showed you how to shake love's steady hand
Tha knows

[Chorus]
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on

[Bridge]
Shake love's steady hand
Shake love's steady
She floats like a niccy rush and stings like a B-flat
The blond-o-sonic shimmer trap

[Chorus]
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England. The band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm/lead guitar), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Jamie Cook (lead/rhythm guitar) and Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album was released. Their sound has changed extensively from album to album, gradually evolving from raw, youthful post-punk revival music to R ‘n’ B and jazz-inspired experiments.

All four original members of the band were devoted fans of hip-hop when they were younger, a genre that would have an immense influence on their later work, but it was the sound of The Strokes and The Libertines that would help shape their early style. The Arctic Monkeys became one of the first bands to find fame and recognition purely through internet publicity and social media; the Arctics used to sell their demos CDs at a bar where Alex Turner used to work, but due to the limited number of CDs, their fans started to upload them on the internet.

Initially, they refused to sign a record contract with any label through fear that they would want the band to change their songs, going as far as to refuse scouts guaranteed entry into their gigs. However, they eventually signed with Domino because of the “do it yourself” attitude of founder, Lawrence Bell, who ran the label from his own house.

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