Arctic Monkeys Announce New Album

They've already cranked out two albums' worth of snarly, bratty, ridiculously fun post- Britpop , and now the Arctic Monkeys have their third album loaded up and ready to go. This time, though, things are looking a bit different. Domino will release the new Arctic Monkeys album on August 24 in the UK and August 25 in the U.S.

The album doesn't have a title yet, but the tracklist is below. The Sheffield band recruited two producers for the new LP. One of those is a familiar face: Simian Mobile Disco 's James Ford , who co-produced the band's moderately rougher second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare .

But the other producer screams "new direction": Queens of the Stone Age frontman .... 8:33 a.m. Saturday 30th May 2009 EST