With the Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner and singer/songwriter Miles Kane, garnered well-earned Scott Walker and David Bowie comparisons, as well as a Mercury Prize nomination for their 2008 debut, The Age of the Understatement.
A broodingly realized, highly orchestral production, the album wowed fans of '60s Baroque pop and '70s spaghetti western soundtracks.
Eight years later, the duo are back with their similarly atmospheric, wicked-tongued sophomore album, 2016's Everything You've Come to Expect.
The duo recorded the album after Arctic Monkeys went on hiatus in 2014 leaving Turner at loose ends in his adopted home of Los Angeles.
While both Turner and Kane have stockpiled accolades on their own, there is definitely a dark, creative menace that ignites when they collaborate.
Best buds since their bands toured together in the early 2000s, Turner and Kane often appear as debonair lounge lizards, mad lads on the loose with talent and charisma to spare -- or to toss off like half-spent cigarettes.
Which is to say, they make writing catchy, literate songs sound easy.
Not too many people can fit the term, "Sectoral Heterochromia" into a pop song like the Last Shadow Puppets do so deftly on the sparkling, dark-hued "Aviation." In fact, whether it's a "spirograph of branches that dance on the breeze," in "She Does the Woods," or their cheeky summation of one woman's je ne sais quoi as "the first day of spring with a septum piercing," on "Sweet Dreams, TN," the album is fecund with the duo's knack for poetic turns of phrase; their "enthusiasm paraphernalia" as they call it on "Dracula Teeth."
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AviationMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Miracle AlignerAlexandra Savior, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Dracula TeethMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Everything You've Come to ExpectMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | The Element of SurpriseMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Bad HabitsMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | Sweet Dreams, TNAlex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Used to Be My GirlMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | She Does the WoodsMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | PatternMiles Kane, Alex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | The Dream SynopsisAlex Turner | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 12 | The Bourne Identity | The Last Shadow Puppets | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 40 mins | 93 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 269 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Bagley | Photography |
| 2 | Tchad Blake | Mixing |
| 3 | Ben Chappell | Photography |
| 4 | Matthew Cooper | Design |
| 5 | James Ford | Producer |
| 6 | Matt Helders | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Ross Hogarth | Engineer |
| 8 | Miles Kane | Composer |
| 9 | The Last Shadow Puppets | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Brian Lucey | Mastering |
| 11 | Zackery Michael | Photography |
| 12 | Sean Oakley | Engineer |
| 13 | Owen Pallett | Arranger, Conductor |
| 14 | Jack Robinson | Cover Photo |
| 15 | Alexandra Savior | Composer |
| 16 | Alex Turner | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |