Arctic Monkeys record in 'mad structure'

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has spoken about how the band recorded parts of new album Humbug in a structure initially built by a man supposedly inspired by a nocturnal visit from an extra-terrestrial "being".

The singer told Uncut that the Sheffield group recorded some of new track 'Secret Door' at a building named Integration, located near the Joshua Tree in California, when they were recording with Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme.

"It's a structure erected by a fellow called George Van Tassel," Turner explained. "[He] had a visit in the night from some kind of being who instructed him to build an acoustically sound dome involving an electromagnet.

"It's believed that the objective in building this thing was to recharge or rejuvenate human cells, except he never finished it before he died. It's a mad place. We did a little recording of 'Secret Door' there one night."

Humbug, Arctic Monkeys's third album, will be released on August 24. The first single 'Crying Lightning' is available now.