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“IS THAT TOO MOJO?” ASKS ALEX TURNER, talking about his hunt for a vintage David Axelrod interview. There is, of course, nothing that should be considered too MOJO, and most of us will recognise ourselves in such obsessive behaviour: that music fan’s hunger to go right back to the source.

As Arctic Monkeys return with another impressively complex album, loaded with knowing historical signifiers, we find Alex Turner in thoughtful, self-effacing mode. He tells Keith Cameron about a new track that didn’t make the final tracklisting of The Car. “I guess we don’t need to spend too much time talking about the song that isn’t on the record,” he muses. “That would be perverse – although it is pretty MOJO.”

We have some quotes for the box set retrospective, then. But we also have Turner’s latest crate-digging epiphanies to enjoy alongside his own fine music. Last time Arctic Monkeys appeared on the MOJO cover, in 2018, Turner enthused about the François De Roubaix soundtrack for Le Samouraï, and about Alan Hull’s Pipe Dream. This time, he’s turned us on to Gloria Ann Taylor’s How Can You Say It, a ’70s R&B single where everything sounds slightly queasy and out of sync. Rich with classic soul resonances, but disorientating, too; a bit like The Car. Give them both a listen.