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THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - The Age Of The Understatement

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Off to a galloping start, Alex Turner and Miles Kane's collaboration is anything but understated, with enough 'cinematic' twang, hall reverb and string parts (conducted by Owen Pallett) to suggest that the boys could be itching to escape said age for its 35-minute duration. Admirers may well enjoy Turner indulging his inner Walker Brother, but considering this project's clear ambitions, the arrangements often hang like window dressing; most of these songs could easily be reconfigured as Arctic Monkeys numbers. Still, if there's room for both The Raconteurs and The White Stripes in this world... 
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