The Age Of The Understatement - Music
The Age Of The Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets
Artist Biography For The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets Is An English Supergroup That Consists Of Alex Turner Of Sheffield Band Arctic Monkeys And Miles Kane Of The Rascals. They Released Their Debut Album The Age Of The Understatement On The 21st April 2008 In The U.K. And 6th May In The U.S. The Album Also Features James Ford Producer And Half Of The Duo Simian Mobile Disco And String Arrangements From Owen Pallett. The Album Went Straight To Number One In The U.K. Albums Chart. Their First Single "The Age Of The Understatement" Was Released On The 14th Of April With A New Song Titled "Two Hearts In Two Weeks" And Covers Of Billy Fury's "Wondrous Place" And David Bowie's "In The Heat Of The Morning" A Song Previously Mentioned By Turner As A Favourite As B-Sides. The Duo Have Said They Took Inspiration From Scott Walker And Early Bowie. The Second Single "Standing Next To Me" Was Released On 7th July 2008. The Third Single From The Album Was "My Mistakes Were Made For You". The Album Was Nominated For The 2008 Mercury Music Prize.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Age of the Understatement
The-Last-Shadow-Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Much Like Many Other Songs In The Band’s Repertoire The Title Track For "The Age Of The Understatement" Gives The Listener A Spaghetti Western Scott Walker-Like Feel With Its Sound And Song Structure. The Band’s Frontmen Miles Kane And Alex Turner Told XFM Radio That The Song Serves As An Introduction To The Woman Featuring In The Album’s Cover "She’s Scary But A Good Scary As She’s Enticing Inciting And Exciting. She Pulls You In Slaps You Down But You Keep Coming Back For More."
50 Similar Tracks:
The Last Shadow Puppets - Calm Like You The Last Shadow Puppets - Separate And Ever Deadly Arctic Monkeys - Dance Little Liar Arctic Monkeys - Pretty Visitors Miles Kane - Come Closer Franz Ferdinand - Darts Of Pleasure Miles Kane - Rearrange The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now The Vaccines - I Always Knew Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz Kasabian - Empire Alex Turner - Hiding Tonight The Libertines - Music When The Lights Go Out The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division Kasabian - Underdog Franz Ferdinand - I'm Your Villain Babyshambles - Fuck Forever The Vaccines - Wetsuit The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way The Wombats - Moving To New York Editors - The Racing Rats The Kooks - Ooh La Editors - Munich The Strokes - Reptilia Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot The Strokes - Automatic Stop Bloc Party - Helicopter Razorlight - Golden Touch Foals - Inhaler The Kills - Future Starts Slow Kaiser Chiefs - The Angry Mob The Fratellis - Henrietta Babyshambles - Delivery Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead Jamie T - Sticks 'n' Stones The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine Interpol - Evil Dirty Pretty Things - Deadwood Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass The Cribs - Men's Needs Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know The Cribs - Tell Me Darling Razorlight - In The Morning Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work Declan Mckenna - Brazil The Pigeon Detectives - I Found Out The Zutons - Valerie White Lies - Death
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for The Last Shadow Puppets:
Biography - The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets Is An English Supergroup That Consists Of Alex Turner Of Sheffield Band Arctic Monkeys And Miles Kane Of The Rascals. They Released Their Debut Album The Age Of The Understatement On The 21st April 2008 In The U.K. And 6th May In The U.S. The Album Also Features James Ford Producer And Half Of The Duo Simian Mobile Disco And String Arrangements From Owen Pallett. The Album Went Straight To Number One In The U.K. Albums Chart. Their First Single "The Age Of The Understatement" Was Released On The 14th Of April With A New Song Titled "Two Hearts In Two Weeks" And Covers Of Billy Fury's "Wondrous Place" And David Bowie's "In The Heat Of The Morning" A Song Previously Mentioned By Turner As A Favourite As B-Sides. The Duo Have Said They Took Inspiration From Scott Walker And Early Bowie. The Second Single "Standing Next To Me" Was Released On 7th July 2008. The Third Single From The Album Was "My Mistakes Were Made For You". The Album Was Nominated For The 2008 Mercury Music Prize.
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To The Last Shadow Puppets - Frogtoon Music
Arctic Monkeys Miles Kane Alex Turner Alexandra Savior Miles Kane And The Death Ramps Mini Mansions The Strokes Julian Casablancas The Vaccines The Libertines Franz Ferdinand Albert Hammond, Jr. Dirty Pretty Things The Kooks Catfish And The Bottlemen The Fratellis.
Much like many other songs in the band’s repertoire, the title track for "The Age Of The Understatement" gives the listener a spaghetti western, Scott Walker-like feel with its sound and song structure.
The band’s frontmen, Miles Kane and Alex Turner, told XFM Radio that the song serves as an introduction to the woman featuring in the album’s cover:
"She’s scary, but a good scary as she’s enticing, inciting and exciting. She pulls you in, slaps you down but you keep coming back for more." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.