Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner To Do Spoken Word

Arctic Monkeys frontman, Alex Turner, will record spoken word of his own creative writing. The short story, “The Choice of Three,” will appear on a compilation organized by his band-mate, drummer Matt Helders, as part of the Late Night Tales compilation series (above) to be released later this year (Oct. 19th in UK).

I’m not surprised by this. The guy is already a great songwriter, and his lyrics are the best kind: the kind that describes an inner world’s reflection on outer world experience.

Here’s an excerpt:

“In the tunnel I noticed I had a choice of three. While I thought it very kind of them to offer me this I do wonder if they realised what a dilemma they were sending to face me. The trouble was if I looked at your reflection in the left window I missed the actual image of you and your reflection in the right, and if I looked at the right I had the same problem the other way around.”

For more information on the Late Night Tales’ CD series go to www.latenighttales.co.uk