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See Arctic Monkeys Perform Hefty New Song ‘Do I Wanna Know?’

Arctic Monkeys 'Do I Wanna Know?' Live Video

The Arctic Monkeys have been holed up in California’s Palm Desert working on their fifth album if the mother of drummer Matt Helders is to be believed (probably a safe bet). But the English quartet snuck out last night (May 22) to play a show at the Venture Theater where they debuted a brand new song. The track is either called “Do I Wanna Know?” or “Crawling Back to You,” according to conflicting reports. Regardless, it’s a hefty piece of work with a seductive edge (let the screams testify to that) that could’ve originated in the same session that gave us Queens of the Stone Age’s “If I Had a Tail,” which of course features Monkeys guitarist-singer Alex Turner. Last we heard from the band was Record Store Day 2012 when they delivered a pair of unreleased holdovers — “R U Mine?” and “Electricity” — from 2011’s typically solid Suck It and See. Oh, and there was that whole Olympics thing. Arctic Monkeys next gig is Glastonbury, which kicks off June 28 in Pilton, England.