Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, Arctic Monkeys' sixth album, may have a complex and surreal concept, but how it originally came about is quite simple, and it all stems from Alex Turner sitting at a piano.

The guitar had lost its ability to give me ideas Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner

"The guitar had sort of lost its ability to give me ideas, it seemed like. Every time I sat with a guitar, I was suspicious of where it was going to go. I had a pretty good idea of what the outcome might be," he told Annie Mac of how switching guitar for ivory keys gave him a new lease of life.

"Suddenly my imagination was ignited once more," Alex added of his switch to the piano. In fact, he felt so invigorated creatively that it was almost like his band were starting out all over again. "I think there’s something about the lyrics on this new album that really remind me of the lyrics on the first record somehow," he argued. "I haven’t quite been able to put my finger on why. But I think there’s something [similar between] what I was doing then and what I’m doing now."

Clara Amfo hosted an Arctic Monkeys Listening Party to celebrate the release in May, sitting in for Annie Mac. Making Four Out Of Five her Hottest Record, Clara said: "It’s not even just the Hottest Record, it’s scorching. It’s an inferno."