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The Last Shadow Puppets on 'The Age Of The Understatement'

added 25 April 2008 at 10.59

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Rascals' Miles Kane came into X-posure to talk about the debut album for their joint project 'The Last Shadow Puppets'.

Alex Turner and Miles Kane came in to talk to Xfm's elder statesman John Kennedy about their cinematic new album, 'The Age Of The Understatement,' the fruits of their labour as The Last Shadow Puppets.

Having recorded the album in France, they revealed they had equal input on the record's vocals as well as drawing influence from musical legends Axl Rose and James Bond composer John Barry.  

Find out more below in their track by track commentry...

'The Age Of The Understatement'

"An introduction to the girl on the front of the cover- She's good scary, but not an evil scary..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'Standing Next To Me'

"The strings on that one are well good I reckon for the solo then at the end it's rocky..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'Calm Like You'

"We've been playing that one live and been playing the first bit for twenty minutes..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'Separate And Ever Deadly'

"The vocals are quite aggressive on this one, spat out, spikey..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'The Chamber'

"I'm happy the strings got used and they come on later but we were just mucking about really..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'Only The Truth'

"Miles Kane screams, going wild in France..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'My Mistakes Were Made For You'

"We like John Barry, Axl Rose, all the greats.. even Bacharach" [Listen To Full Answer]

'Black Plant'

"The lyrics to that just came from conversation. This girl was telling me about..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'I Don't Like You Anymore'

"I got to scream at the end of that one with a contact mic on my throat..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'In My Room'

"It's like Miles was saying, the verses to Tom Jones' 'Dalilah' were amazing..." [Listen To Full Answer]

'Meeting Place' and 'The Time Has Come Again'

"They both remind me of hanging round at yours. We wrote them both together..." [Listen To Full Answer]

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