The Last Shadow Puppets release their new single 'My Mistakes Were Made For You' on Monday the 20th of October 2008. Taken from their Mercury nominated 'The Age Of The Understatement' album, 'My Mistakes Were Made For You' features the London Metropolitan Orchestra, conducted by Owen Pallet.
The video for 'My Mistakes Were Made For You' was shot at Pinewood studios and directed by Richard Ayoade. It shows the leather-clad duo in the forest amidst fog and the tailights of a crashed car.
The Last Shadow Puppets’ Understatement
Cinematic maneuvers in my brain and wild horses. Widescreen audio. Rumbling drums. Gainsbourg-like orchestrations. Room to wander. Ecstatic backing voices. The London touch of symphonia. Bigger drums. Offenders.
I don’t think anyone would have expected these collected guys, known as The Last Shadow Puppets, to produce a work like The Age Of the Understatement. Although on second thought, maybe not based upon the hyperkinetics of The Arctic Monkeys. But hey, what about their clever songs and witty lyrics?
Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys joined forces with Miles Kane of The Rascals to flex his imaginantion, create, conceptualise, stretch and expand the musical palette we know him for in spectacular new ways. This is a true epic, worthy of a long, luxurious 60s black and white film, perhaps starring the doe-eyed lass on the cover.
Turner and Kane share vocal duties and spookily match voices. The lyrics evoke amazingly intricate imagery, a surprise from a singer known for "kitchen sink" indie rock lyrics.
The pair are accompanied by drummer James Ford, who not only keeps the record barrelling forward frenetically, but also produced the album. Ford is a Mercury Music Prize winning producer and doesn't disappoint here. The music swirls around you, and takes you under. The textures are exquisite.
Another brilliant and distinctively different element to the record are the soaring string arrangements. Owen Pallett, known for his work with Arcade Fire, conducts a Philharmonic Orchestra on the record. Absolutely divine, and a stark contrast to the good time indie rock of the Arctic Monkeys.
This is the sound of a young musician using his rocket-to-fame money wisely - a lustrous video shot in Russia, some of the world's finest musicians. Turner has proven he's got a long career beyond the Monkeys - that he could be one of the next generation's great creators.
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The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets release The Age Of The Understatement through Domino Records on Monday 14th April 2008, the album will follow on the 21st of April 2008.
The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (from Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (from The Rascals ). The duo have been good friends 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.
The result, '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 are 22, and 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. The band then approached Owen Pallett 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.
Tracklisting is as follows:
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 Any More 10. In My Room 11. Meeting Place 12. The Time Has Come Again Read more!
