There aren't many musicians that have such a #1 subscription like the Arctic Monkeys in the UK. From the youthfully raw debut "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (2006) to the mature "Tranquility Base Hotel

"The Car", album number seven and released as usual by the indie label Domino, has high expectations to fulfil. However, Turner doesn't seem to be inhibited by the pressure to entice fans with a familiar, commercial sound. This time he has ten songs on offer that showcase his huge (and deservedly) confidence as a singer and songwriter. The musician, who was already described as the "coolest man on the planet" by the UK magazine "New Musical Express" at the start of his career, is the stylish dandy and soul crooner this time. And once again it can hardly be surpassed when it comes to coolness.

All the new songs - starting with the first single "There'd Better Be A Mirrorball", which could decorate a James Bond film with its creamy string sounds - are brilliantly staged and outstandingly sung. Turner (36) approaches the opulent pieces of his second band The Last Shadow Puppets on "The Car" (even the cover artwork, reminiscent of the loneliness painter Edward Hopper, is a force) - and clearly surpasses their class.

Anyone looking for references: David Bowie in his soul phase in the mid-1970s, Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker. But this musician doesn't even need honorable comparisons anymore. On "The Car" he once again ventures into new areas, including sophisticated nightclub jazz - and gets away with it too. Whether the band from the former English steel city of Sheffield will be rewarded with a number one position is another matter.

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