The Age Of The Understatement - Last Shadow Puppets

The Age Of The Understatement is the debut album from The Last Shadow Puppets; a side project of Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals...one you may well have heard of, but one you may not have!! The Age of the Understatement was released in the UK on 21 April 2008, going straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart...the hype and success surrounding it was for the most part due to Turner's role in the band. The likes of Radio 1 put the debut single straight into it's A-list, the likes of the NME waxed lyrically over their arrival...but was it worth the hype?? Well first of all, the two met when Kane's former band The ...  Read the complete review

Wow, I just realised this is my first review in over 6 months, hopefully I haven't forgotten how to write. The Last Shadow Puppets are what you could refer to as a sideline/spinoff band. They are effectively a duo made up of Alex Turner from the brilliant Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals (plus a small orchestra). They've known each other for a while now and have previously worked and toured together with their respective bands. Their debut album is called The Age of the Understatement and as side project albums go, it's ok. 12 tracks, 35 minutes, nothing over 4 minutes and 7 tracks which are under 3 minutes. 1 - The Age of ...  Read the complete review

Last Shadow Puppets is the side project of Alex Turner (of Arctic Monkeys fame) and Miles Kane (of The Rascals). With an overtly 60's feel, "Age Of The Understatement" is the debut album from the collaboration, and has had relative commercial success. However, commercial success does not make for a good album, as this album proves. Riding on the back of the Arctic Monkey's fame, it never really achieves its full potential, although the title track is as close as it gets to an epic. (I would like to just point out that I am a massive fan of the Arctic Monkeys and The Rascals, so at times my view may be contorted by my love of the two ...  Read the complete review

The Last Shadow Puppets is a 3 piece indie rock band fronted by Arctic Monkeys lead singer, Alex Turner. His sideline group is made up by James Ford on Drums and Miles Kane on Bass if i remember rightly. Both of these musicians met Alex Turner when Miles Kane's other band, 'The Rascals' supported the Arctic Monkeys. The album is called 'The Age of The Understatement' and consists of 12 Tracks and runs to almost 35 minutes. Fans of either band will have to be open-minded as The Last Shadow Puppets do seem to be a little more downbeat than Arctic Monkeys and more contemporary and conventional than The Rascals. === The Tracks === [Track 1 - ...  Read the complete review

I'll speak the truth and say that I am no Arctic Monkeys fan, in fact, I could care less about them. So, I was really taken aback when I fell in love with The Last Shadow Puppets, the new project of Arctic Monkey Alex Turner, and elative unknown Miles Kane of The Rascals. It's impossible to say too many bad things about this album. To define the overall sound, you have to take the main body of the album, and then combine it with the lead single The Age of The Understatement. In doing that, you find an album that is over the top, with a little bit of spaghetti western styling, in a bubble of 60s Kitsch. It's a firm album, really. Alex Turner's vocals ...  Read the complete review