The Arctic Monkeys have always done things at their own pace.
Often in total silence and without the faintest regard for whether the rest of us are refreshing their website at 3am with sore thumbs and very little dignity. Now, for the first time in what feels like a solid eternity, something is stirring in Sheffield.
The band have quietly launched a new recording company, Bang Bang Recordings, which they’ve legally registered in the UK with each member’s name attached. Alongside that, their official website has undergone a cryptic redesign. Gone is the plush, vintage aesthetic of The Car, replaced with a stark green background and notably stripped of any music store content. Fans, naturally, are spiralling into speculation mode.
There’s been no official word from the band or their camp, but a growing chorus of insiders, fan pages and internet sleuths seem convinced that studio sessions have been booked for November and a full summer tour is already being mapped out for 2026. While no one from the Arctic Monkeys has confirmed a single syllable, those who’ve followed the group’s breadcrumb trails in the past seem quietly confident that something significant is brewing.
A new section titled ‘Newsletter’ has also been added to the site, which may not sound like headline news until you remember that this band rarely updates anything unless it means something. After wrapping their world tour in 2023 with a slick, cinematic finish that included special appearances from James Ford and Miles Kane, the group more or less vanished. Apart from front man Alex Turner briefly surfacing at the Music Week Awards, and drummer Matt Helders teasing ambient solo material, the Monkeys have been largely off-grid.
As usual, the band are saying nothing and letting the internet do what it does best: lose its collective mind. Whether it’s all smoke or the early flicker of something properly exciting, the signs are promising. And let’s be honest, we’d take any excuse to dust off the leather jacket.
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