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'The Age Of The Understatement', is an album of 12 full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit and melody, that source the past but avoid falling into pastiche. Both Miles and Alex wrote the album at 22, and as such this is a youthful record, full of life and the sheer pleasure of music making. The Last Shadow Puppets recorded the songs at Black Box studios near Nantes, France in two weeks during the summer of 2007, with producer and drummer James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco). The band then approached Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) to arrange and conduct the orchestration of the tracks, which were recorded by the 22 piece London Metropolitan Orchestra at British Grove studios in London over Christmas. The first single, also called 'The Age Of The Understatement' a majestic masterpiece is out now. The sweeping strings underscore the song and build up a very scenic and dramatic background to the Ennio Morricone styled guitars. It's an uncontrollable race, an emotional whirlwind, a poignant rush to the head. The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (from Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (from The Rascals). Firm friends ever since Arctic Monkeys toured with Kane's previous group, The Little Flames, the pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie and David Axelrod, that they hatched a plan.
Tracklist
1 The Age of the Understatement
2 Standing Next To Me
3 Calm Like You
4 Separate And Ever Deadly
5 The Chamber
6 Only the Truth
7 My Mistakes Were Made For You
8 Black Plant
9 I Don't Like You Anymore
10 In My Room
11 The Meeting Place
12 Time Has Come Again