The Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
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Artist: The Last Shadow PuppetsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Music Label: Domino
Soundtracks:
- The Age of the Understatement
- Standing Next To Me
- Calm Like You
- Seperate and Ever Deadly
- Chamber
- Only The Truth
- My Mistakes Were Made For You
- Black Plant
- I Don't Like You Any More
- In My Room
- Meeting Place
- The Time Has Come Again
Music reviews of Age of the Understatement
Music Review: a great side project
Rating: 4 Stars
This sounds very different than the Arctic Monkeys (though the emotional tone is the same) with an understated symphonic pop sound. I like it much better than the last AM release, though some of the songs aren't that great. Check out "My Mistakes Were Made For You" for a good example of how this CD sounds.
Description of Age of the Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals). The pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie, and David Axelrod, that they recorded this album of twelve full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit, and melody. The orchestration of the tracks was recorded by the 22-piece London Metropolitan Orchestra. Look for this duo on select US dates in September with full band and a large string section.Famous for demonstrating how less is more when it comes to publicity, it comes as no surprise that The Age of the Understatement, the first side project from Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, should appear to no great fanfare. The Last Shadow Puppets are Turner and Miles Kane, formerly of Monkeys tourmates The Little Flames and now in the Rascals, aided by producer (and here, drummer) James Ford, also of Simian Mobile Disco. Inspired by the widescreen orchestral Sixties pop of Scott Walker and legendary arranger David Axelrod, they enlisted the London Metropolitan Orchestra under the aegis of Canadian Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy and an erstwhile member of the Arcade Fire's string section). The result is entirely successful, owing as much to the romanticism of Richard Hawley and the eclectic approach of the Coral as any sixties precursors. The thundering title track is pure Scott though, "I Don't Like You Anymore" is twisted pop in the best Cosmic Scouse tradition and the beautiful "Meeting Place", brilliantly enhanced by Pallett's orchestration, already sounds like an old classic. "Standing Next to Me" is genuinely exciting, "Calm Like You" is a new take on Turner's familiar style while "The Chamber" even sees him crooning. The Age of the Understatement is a fine, convincing album that proves Turner's talent is truly adaptable and marks Kane out as a talented songwriter too. --Steve Jelbert
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