The Last Shadow Puppets
{{Short description|English band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2011}}
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| spinoff_of = Arctic Monkeys
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- 2015–2016
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The Last Shadow Puppets are an English supergroup consisting of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane (the Little Flames, the Rascals), James Ford (Simian, Simian Mobile Disco), and Zach Dawes (Mini Mansions).
The Last Shadow Puppets were formed by co-frontmen, Alex Turner and Miles Kane, in 2007, after they became friends when the Little Flames supported Arctic Monkeys on tour in 2005. They bonded over their shared love of Scott Walker and David Bowie, and decided to write songs inspired by their music. They have released two records, The Age of the Understatement (2008), and following a lengthy hiatus, Everything You've Come to Expect (2016). Both of their albums reached number one in the UK charts. They were nominated for a BRIT Award in the British Breakthrough category, and shortlisted for a Mercury Prize in the Best Album category, for The Age of the Understatement.
History
=2007: Formation =
In August 2007 NME magazine reported that Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and lead singer of then newly formed the Rascals, Miles Kane would be recording an album with Simian Mobile Disco member and former Simian drummer James Ford producing and playing drums.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/30076|title=Arctic Monkeys frontman to record surprise album this month |work=NME }} Turner and Kane had become friends when Kane's previous band the Little Flames played support for Arctic Monkeys on their 2005 UK tour. The Little Flames also supported Arctic Monkeys on their April 2007 UK tour, when Turner and Kane wrote songs together for a collaborative project.Arctic Monkeys interviewed by Tom Doyle, Mojo, May 2007, p. 96 Their collaboration extended into Arctic Monkeys material, with Kane playing guitar on "505", the closing track of second Arctic Monkeys album Favourite Worst Nightmare and on "Fluorescent Adolescent" B-sides "The Bakery" and "Plastic Tramp". Kane also guested on "505" and "Plastic Tramp" at several Arctic Monkeys gigs in 2007, including the summer mini-festivals at Lancashire County Cricket Club and Arctic Monkeys' 2007 & 2013 appearances at Glastonbury.
=2007–2008: ''The Age of the Understatement''=
The initial recording of the songs that would eventually form their debut album took place in France in late August 2007 with additional material added between August and December that year. In December, Owen Pallett was appointed to arrange the strings, brass and percussion for the album with the 22-piece London Metropolitan Orchestra. During the recording of the album Turner and Kane hired a documentary film-making team, Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, to capture the story of the project.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a87744/monkeys-star-making-film-about-new-album.html|title=Monkeys star making film about new album|work=Digital Spy|date=26 January 2008}} On 20 February 2008, Miles Kane and Alex Turner revealed they would be known as the Last Shadow Puppets and that their album, titled The Age of the Understatement, would be released on 21 April 2008. At first, the band chose the name Shadow Puppets because they thought it sounded like a 60's girl groups band name, which they were listening to a lot at the time, yet added The Last to it as the name was already registered.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4hmyyq |title=MTV Yogaku Express Pick Up: The Last Shadow Puppets |date=21 June 2016 |publisher=MTV}}{{Cite news|last=Lawrence|first=Mason|title=Alex Turner & Miles Kane|work=Uncut|date=February 2008|issue=129|page=51}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/rascals-singer-miles-kane-happy-968906|title=Rascals Singer Miles Kane Happy To Make Music With Arctic Monkeys|publisher=Daily Record|date=15 February 2008}} The band played their first ever show in Brooklyn, New York, at Sound Fix Records on 4 March 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a90866/turners-shadow-puppets-play-debut-gig.html |title=Turner's Shadow Puppets play debut gig |date=5 March 2008 |publisher=Digital Spy }} playing a second gig at the Lower East Side's Cake Shop the following night.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/34956 |title=Alex Turner and Miles Kane play second New York gig |work=NME }} Their first show in the United Kingdom was a short two song set on 5 April at the Lock Tavern in Camden, London. They played "Meeting Place" and "Standing Next to Me" in support of Remi Nicole, who organised the party both to celebrate her birthday and to raise money for MS sufferers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-59-1323740|title=The Last Shadow Puppets play first UK show|work=NME|date=6 April 2008}}
File:The Last Shadow Puppets at Sound Fix.jpg
The album went straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart. The first single, "The Age of the Understatement", was released the week before on 14 April, with new song "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—{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_alex_turner_of |title=Random Rules:Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=18 March 2008 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228150453/http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/random_rules_alex_turner_of |url-status=dead }} as b-sides.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/35161 |title=Alex Turner and Miles Kane cover David Bowie |work=NME }} After the album release the band played a secret set at Glastonbury on 28 June 2008 with Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders playing drums on "The Age of the Understatement" and Jack White playing a guitar solo on "Wondrous Place".{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/37711 |title=Last Shadow Puppets and Jack White play secret Glastonbury gig |work=NME |date=28 June 2008 }} Two days later, they announced their debut world tour, which would start on 19 August that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/44253/|title=Last Shadow Puppets Announce Debut World Tour|work=Gigwise|date=30 June 2008|access-date=24 July 2021}} On 4 July 2008, they performed "Standing Next to Me" as part of a birthday present for Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1. They also performed a cover of Rihanna's "SOS".{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqc5d4|title=Live Lounge The Last Shadow Puppets |work=BBC |date=24 July 2008 |access-date=24 July 2021}} Their second single, "Standing Next to Me", was released on 7 July 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0019M6386|title=Standing Next To Me by The Last Shadow Puppets: Amazon.co.uk: Music|work=amazon.co.uk}} That same month, the album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize{{cite web|url=http://beardedmagazine.co.uk/wp/?p=281 |title=Home - Bearded Magazine: The Home of Independent Music |work=beardedmagazine.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803161140/http://beardedmagazine.co.uk/wp/?p=281 |archive-date=3 August 2008 }} but lost out to Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid.
In August, the band and a 16-piece orchestra, played their first tour shows at Portsmouth Guildhall and New Theatre Oxford, before attending Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008. Kane said the two festival stops would be "our [the band] first proper gigs".{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/readingleeds-festival-75-1328702 |title=Last Shadow Puppets to play Reading And Leeds Festivals – exclusive |work=NME |date=6 May 2008 |access-date=6 May 2008 }} Their Leeds set was described by The Guardian as "a classy offering from the Puppets. But, maybe, that isn't what's needed at a festival on a Friday night".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/23/last.shadow.puppets|title=Leeds 2008 review: The Last Shadow Puppets |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2008 |access-date=23 August 2008}} The first leg of the tour ended with a show at The Olympia in Paris on 26 August.{{cite web |url=https://www.concertandco.com/critique/concert-the-last-shadow-puppets/olympia-paris-9eme/24250.htm |title=Avis et critique du concert de The Last Shadow Puppets|work=concertandco.com |access-date=13 September 2008}} The tour restarted in October at Cirkus in Stockholm, and continued in continental Europe, throughout the rest of the month. On 20 October the album's third single, "My Mistakes Were Made for You", was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001EKUHQW|title=My Mistakes Were Made For You|date=20 October 2008|via=Amazon}} Four days later they played a show at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool as part of the Electric Proms.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2008/artists/lastshadowpuppets/ |title=Electric Proms, 2008, Last Shadow Puppets - BBC|work=BBC|access-date=24 October 2008}} Their London and Sheffield shows were generally well received by both fans and critics.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/10/25/satisfyingly-huge-sound-at-the-last-shadow-puppets-64375-22114120/ |title=Liverpool Echo: Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news, sports and what's on |publisher=liverpooldailypost.co.uk}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thetartpaper.com/articles/view/277 |title=Review - The Last Shadow Puppets |work=thetartpaper.com |access-date=29 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221180844/http://www.thetartpaper.com/articles/view/277 |archive-date=21 December 2008 |url-status=dead }} Turner and Kane played their last show, before going back to their respective careers, at the Mayan Theater of Los Angeles on 3 November 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.losanjealous.com/2008/11/06/the-last-shadow-puppets-mayan-theater-november-3-2008/ |title=The Last Shadow Puppets, Mayan Theater, November 3, 2008|work=losanjealous.com |date=6 November 2008 |access-date=6 November 2008}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-61-1323675 |title=Last Shadow Puppets play 'last gig' in Los Angeles|work=NME |date=4 November 2008|access-date=4 November 2008}}{{cite web |url=https://buzzbands.la/2008/11/04/last-shadow-puppets-we-hardly-knew-ye/ |title=Last Shadow Puppets, we hardly knew ye|work=buzzbands.la|date=4 November 2008|access-date=4 November 2008}}
=2009–2015: First hiatus=
Now on a hiatus, and working with their bands, Turner and Kane reunited briefly at the Shockwaves NME Awards on 25 February 2009, where they won Best Music Video for My Mistakes Were Made For You directed by Richard Ayoade.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-awards/shockwaves-nme-awards-2009-the-winners-in-full-48742|title=Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 – The Winners In Full|work=NME |date=26 February 2009}} In a March 2010 interview with Absolute Radio, Alex Turner said that there were no plans for new material, however, Kane said in October 2010 they would get back together after he was done with his solo project.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/53457 |title=Miles Kane: 'Last Shadow Puppets to return after my solo album' |work=NME |date=18 October 2010 }}
That summer, the band played an acoustic set at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, for Brian O'Connor's benefit concert. This marked the first live performance of the band since 2008.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK85-eiwXcw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/kK85-eiwXcw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me Acoustic Live Club Nokia|date=16 August 2008|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} A year later, Turner confirmed his interests in recording a second album.{{cite web |url=http://www.8ball.co.uk/news/music/03-2011/arctic-monkeys-frontman-would-like-to-write-james-bond-theme_800466451.html |title=Arctic Monkeys frontman 'would like to write James Bond theme' |publisher=8Ball.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727151938/http://www.8ball.co.uk/news/music/03-2011/arctic-monkeys-frontman-would-like-to-write-james-bond-theme_800466451.html |archive-date=27 July 2011}} In January 2012, Kane added that he would reunite with Turner to record again as the Last Shadow Puppets "when the time is right."{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/the-week-s-20-biggest-news-stories-8-january/256834/1/1#18 |title=The week's 20 biggest news stories (8 January) |work=NME |date=4 January 2012 |access-date=18 November 2015}} In February 2012, Miles Kane supported Arctic Monkeys at their Paris Olympia show. At the conclusion of the support slot, Turner joined Kane and his band to perform "Standing Next to Me". This was repeated again a year later at Kane's Glastonbury set, near the end of his performance. In October that year Kane, now joining the Arctic Monkeys on their headline set in Mexico, performed their last song "505" together. At Finsbury Park 2014, both reunited once more for an acoustic performance of "Standing Next to Me".{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/last-shadow-puppets-are-alive-standing-next-me-live-finsbury-park|title=The Last Shadow Puppets are alive! 'Standing Next To Me' live at Finsbury Park. |work=Coup de Main |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=25 July 2021}}
=2015–2016: ''Everything You've Come to Expect''=
In 2015 both Turner and Kane were involved in the writing of Kane's third solo album. During those sessions, the song that would later be known as Aviation was the seed for the new Puppets record, as it sparked their desire to get the band together. During the summer of 2015 Turner, Kane, Ford and new member Zach Dawes started recording their second album at the recording studio Shangri-La in Malibu, California.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/03/30/babelia/1459334149_946453.html|title=The Last Shadow Puppets: doble o nada|first=Pablo|last=Guimón |newspaper=El País |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.qromag.com/interviews/the-last-shadow-puppets/|title=The Last Shadow Puppets|work=QRO Magazine}} On 19 October 2015 Owen Pallett, who contributed the string arrangements on The Age of the Understatement, confirmed work on the second album on Twitter.{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1836751/owen-pallett-reveals-work-on-second-last-shadow-puppets-lp/news/ |title=Owen Pallett Reveals Work on Second Last Shadow Puppets LP |first=Peter |last=Helman |publisher=Stereogum |date=11 October 2015 |access-date=18 November 2015}} In an interview with the Chilean site Rock & Pop on 17 November 2015, producer James Ford confirmed that work on the second album had been completed and that the record would be released sometime in Spring 2016. When asked of his recent work, Ford said, "This year, I've just done a Last Shadow Puppets record, which is the guy from Arctic Monkeys and Miles. So we did the follow-up album to that. That's the last thing I did."{{cite web|url=http://diymag.com/2015/11/17/the-last-shadow-puppets-have-finished-their-second-album |title=The Last Shadow Puppets Have "Finished" Their Second Album |first=Jamie |last=Milton |work=DIY |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=18 November 2015}} On 3 December 2015, the band's official Facebook and YouTube pages released a teaser trailer for the album,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwXqxazrisg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/YwXqxazrisg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=TLSP2 |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-12-03 |access-date=2016-04-03}}{{cbignore}} also confirming for the album to be released sometime in Spring 2016. People such as Turner's ex-girlfriend, Taylor Bagley, and Zach Dawes of Mini Mansions made small cameos in the video. A second teaser trailer for the album was released on 28 December 2015. The video featured Kane impersonating wrestler Ric Flair along with videos from the studio and various cinematic shots.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et2lDNGVm40 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Et2lDNGVm40 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=TLSP2 |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-12-28 |access-date=2016-04-03}}{{cbignore}}
On 10 January 2016, the band released their first single since 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/90695 |title=Alex Turner's The Last Shadow Puppets return with 'Bad Habits' - watch |website=Nme.com |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=2016-04-03}} The song, "Bad Habits", was accompanied with a music video filmed in the same style as the first two teaser trailers.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbOF4UPpfs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zGbOF4UPpfs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits (Official Video) |publisher=YouTube |date=2014-05-24 |access-date=2016-04-03}}{{cbignore}} On 21 January 2016, the band announced that their second album would be entitled Everything You've Come to Expect, and would feature the return of all three previous band members, as well as the addition of bass player Zach Dawes. It was set to be released on 1 April 2016. A few days later, they announced their 2016 tour dates in support of the album. Set to start in March with a show at Usher Hall in Edinburgh.{{cite web|title = The Last Shadow Puppets announce 2016 tour dates|url=https://consequence.net/2016/01/the-last-shadow-puppets-announce-2016-tour-dates/|first=Michelle |last=Geslani |work= Consequence |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 July 2021}} Two shows were later added during March in Cambridge and Middlesbrough.{{cite web|title=The Last Shadow Puppets add extra dates to March UK tour |url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-last-shadow-puppets/91509 |work=NME |first=David |last=Renshaw |date=15 February 2016 |access-date=15 February 2016}} On 10 March 2016, the band released the title track from Everything You've Come to Expect, as the album's second single. An accompanying music video was also released, of which there is 9 varieties, depicting Turner and Kane buried up to their necks on a beach while a woman dances around them. A week later the track "Aviation", was released as the 3rd single. A video similar in style to Everything You've Come to Expect was released, showing Turner and Kane, digging a sand pit on the same beach they were buried on in the previous video. On 29 March 2016, the band released a 4th song, "Miracle Aligner", alongside a video that closed the trilogy started by the second single, before the release of the entire album.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.52dd5ecb-f501-11e5-9be2-1efaae453174|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415035732/https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.52dd5ecb-f501-11e5-9be2-1efaae453174|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2016|title=Listen to "World Record: The Last Shadow Puppets - "Miracle Aligner"" posted by Zane Lowe on Apple Music.|website=Apple Music|access-date=2016-03-31}}
While on tour, the band promoted the album with appearances on television programmes such as Le Grand Journal,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-14-1194890|website=NME|title=Watch The Last Shadow Puppets play three songs on 'Le Grand Journal'|date=7 April 2016 |access-date=12 February 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/must-watch-last-shadow-puppets-performing-miracle-aligner-and-aviation-le-grand-journal|website=Coup de Main|title=Must-watch: The Last Shadow Puppets performing 'Miracle Aligner' and 'Aviation' on Le Grand Journal.|date=7 April 2016 |access-date=12 February 2023}} Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Later...with Jools Holland. And headlining sets in festivals such as Coachella, Radio 1's Big Weekend, Primavera Sound, Rockwave, T in the Park, and Lollapalooza in Chicago. In June 2016, the band performed on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury. During the set, they performed a cover of "Moonage Daydream" in memory of David Bowie.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-seven-weirdest-moments-from-last-shadow-puppets-on-the-pyramid-stage-at-glastonbury-771545|title=Seven WTF Moments From Last Shadow Puppets' Set On The Pyramid Stage At Glastonbury|website=NME|date=25 June 2016 |access-date=2021-07-25}} In July, the band played two nights at Alexandra Palace in London, on the second date, they were joined by Johnny Marr for a cover of The Smiths' "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66722-watch-johnny-marr-and-the-last-shadow-puppets-cover-the-smiths/|title=Watch Johnny Marr and the Last Shadow Puppets Cover the Smiths|website=Pitchfork|date=11 July 2016 |access-date=2021-07-25}} They ended their 2016 tour on 26 August by playing at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, France.{{cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/rock-en-seine-2016-une-edition-mitigee-sauvee-par-les-last-shadow-puppets-61627-29-08-2016/|website=Les Inrockuptibles|title= Rock en Seine 2016 : une édition mitigée, sauvée par les Last Shadow Puppets|access-date=2021-07-25}} Four months after their last tour date, the band released The Dream Synopsis, an EP containing re-recordings of two songs, "Aviation" and "The Dream Synopsis", as well as four cover versions of The Fall's "Totally Wired", Jacques Dutronc's "Les Cactus", Glaxo Babies's "This Is Your Life", and Leonard Cohen's "Is This What You Wanted".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/the-dream-synopsis-ep/1165259211?at=11l9mW&ct=DSEP&uo=4&app=itunes&itscg=30200&itsct=afftoolset_1|website=Apple Music|title= The Dream Synopsis EP by The Last Shadow Puppets|access-date=2021-07-25}} Each cover had an accompanying music video except for "Totally Wired".{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LtrwbEUow |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/s8LtrwbEUow |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets - Is This What You Wanted (Official Video)|date=17 October 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5apyds8Xk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xf5apyds8Xk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets - Les Cactus (Official Video)|date=14 November 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7248jOewb0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/M7248jOewb0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets - This Is Your Life (Official Video)|date=5 December 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
=2017–present: Second hiatus=
Two years after their last official release, Turner joined Miles Kane during a show at La Cigale in Paris, for a performance of the band's staple song, "Standing Next To Me".{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/miles-kane/video-alex-turner-joins-miles-kane-stage-paris/|website=Radio X|title= VIDEO: Alex Turner Joins Miles Kane On Stage In Paris|access-date=25 July 2021}} In September 2021, during an interview with Clash Magazine, Kane said a new a project could "probably be in about four years," adding, "I think there's a bit of a myth about it and I quite like that," in regards to the eight year wait between The Age of the Understatement and Everything You've Come to Expect.{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/backstage-with-miles-kane|website=Clash Magazine|title=Backstage With Miles Kane|date=September 2021 |access-date=1 September 2021}} On 18 June 2023 Miles Kane joined Arctic Monkeys at their Emirates Stadium show, playing guitar on 505 before embarking on his own One Man Band tour.{{Cite web |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=19 June 2023 |title=Watch Arctic Monkeys reunite with Miles Kane for '505' in London |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-arctic-monkeys-reunite-with-miles-kane-for-505-in-london-footage-setlist-3457857 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} Kane supported Arctic Monkeys on their Ireland tour in October 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/arctic-monkeys-announce-2023-ireland-shows-for-the-car-world-tour-finale-buy-tickets-3486411|title=Arctic Monkeys announce 2023 Ireland shows for 'The Car' world tour finale|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=22 August 2023|website=NME|access-date=22 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/arctic-monkeys/conclude-the-car-tour-dublin-3arena-setlist/|title=Arctic Monkeys conclude The Car tour with dazzling Dublin show: full setlist|last=Mensah|first=Jenny|date=20 October 2023|website=Radio X|access-date=12 November 2024|archive-date=12 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112122336/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/arctic-monkeys/conclude-the-car-tour-dublin-3arena-setlist/}}
Artistry
=Influences=
The Last Shadow Puppets' musical style has been mainly described as Baroque pop,{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/703571/arctic-monkeys-reckless-serenade/mp3s/ |title=Arctic Monkeys – "Reckless Serenade" |publisher=Stereogum |date=2011-05-11 |access-date=3 April 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://www.popmatters.com/the-last-shadow-puppets-everything-youve-come-to-expect-2495438819.html|title=The Last Shadow Puppets: Everything You've Come To Expect|first=Jordan|last=Blum|publisher=Pop Matters|date=15 April 2016|access-date=27 March 2023}} orchestral pop,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/05/guidefeatures.theguide |title=A hit on the side |work=The Guardian |first=Rob|last=Fitzpatrick|date= 5 July 2008 |access-date=8 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-last-shadow-puppets-review-20160331-story.html |title=Review: Last Shadow Puppets throws a dark, unexpected twist into 'Everything You've Come to Expect'|work=Los Angeles Times |first=Mikael|last=Wood|date= 30 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/arts/music/01pupp.html |title=Orchestral Pop, the Way It Was (More or Less) |work=The New York Times|date= 1 November 2008 |access-date=27 March 2023}} and psychedelic pop,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/03/eugene-mcguinness-chroma-review|title=Eugene McGuiness: Chroma Review |work=The Guardian |first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=3 July 2014 |access-date=27 March 2023}} while also drawing heavily from vintage film scores, and post-punk.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-youve-come-to-expect-mw0002913158 |title=Everything You've Come to Expect – The Last Shadow Puppets |publisher=AllMusic |first=Matt |last=Collar |access-date=1 April 2016}} Turner and Kane have cited Scott Walker and David Bowie as main influences, with Turner saying, "[Bowie] is sort of in the DNA of every record, to some extent. He's been built-in for a long time".{{cite news|first=Thomas|last=Mafrouche|title=Cover Report: The Last Shadow Puppets|date=26 February 2016|work=MyRock |issue=#39|page=4-7|language=fr}}{{cite magazine|title=Last Shadow Puppets Interview|magazine= OOR |issue=3|last=Benboom|first=Willem|date=March 2016|language=nl}} Other artists that served as inspiration for the band include, Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, David Axelrod, Lee Hazlewood, Jaques Brel, Isaac Hayes and bands such as, The Style Council, The Electric Prunes, Sparks, Depeche Mode and The Fall.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erckM3CenII |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/erckM3CenII |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Last Shadow Puppets Yahoo Music Interview|date=31 March 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/the-last-shadow-puppets-the-full-nme-cover-interview |title=The Last Shadow Puppets - The Full NME Cover Interview |work=NME |first=Kevin Eg |last=Perry |date=22 January 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-last-shadow-puppets |title=The Last Shadow Puppets |work=Interview Magazine |first=Stacey |last=Anderson|date=26 March 2016 |access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/arctic-monkeys/news/the-last-shadow-puppets-we-bonded-over-david-bowie/|title=The Last Shadow Puppets: "We Bonded Over Bowie" |work=Radio X |date=27 January 2016 |access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=
https://weallwantsomeone.org/2016/04/06/interview-the-last-shadow-puppets/|title=Interview: The Last Shadow Puppets|date=6 April 2016 |access-date=3 August 2021}}
=Stage personas and relationship=
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The band outfits are usually designed by Kane and Ray Brown.{{cite news|title=Pure Volume Q&A Last Shadow Puppets|work=Pure Volume|first=Scott T.|last=Sterling}} Turner commented on their change in appearance from their first album to the second saying "We've gone from The Beatles to The Fast And The Furious".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/the-last-shadow-puppets-the-full-nme-cover-interview |title=The Last Shadow Puppets - The Full NME Cover Interview |work=NME |first=Kevin Eg |last=Perry |date=22 January 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016}} When asked about the way the band presents itself on stage Kane said: "...We're just sort of having fun in those characters but we're very much serious, its not like we're taking the piss, its just like why not be a bit flamboyant if you've got it in you, you know? The bands are so boring now days, you know, if someone wants to be a bit extravagant then I don't see why not. The bands I love were more extravagant and extreme than we are. If everyone wants to stay square then they can stay square."{{cite web|title= Our Interview with The Last Shadow Puppets |work=Northern Transmissions|first=Matt |last=Poole|date=3 August 2016 }} Turner felt similarly, "I've had the phase where I enjoyed being part of a 'well-oiled machine' and I'm currently subscribing to the notion that the most unpredictable or unlikely moments are probably the most entertaining." He also, felt the band allowed him to perform differently than with the Arctic Monkeys, as Kane singing with him gave him "somewhere to hide".{{cite news |title=Monkey business |url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/monkey-business-1.509641 |access-date=10 February 2020 |work=The National }}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3558820/The-Last-Shadow-Puppets-review-satisfied-relief.html |title=The Last Shadow Puppets review: satisfied relief |first=Thomas H. |last=Green |date=19 August 2008 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=22 September 2008}} In a review for a show of their 2016 tour, Colm O'Regan of Hot Press said: "Like a pair of teenagers egging each other on, Turner and Kane are the most infatuated frontmen since Pete Doherty and Carl Barât. Large portions of their singing, dancing, playing and general tomfoolery are aimed not at the audience, but at each other."{{cite news |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/live-review-the-last-shadow-puppets-at-the-olympia-17305890|title=Live Review: The Last Shadow Puppets @ The Olympia|first=Colm|last=O'Regan |date=26 May 2016|newspaper=Hot Press|access-date=26 May 2016}}
Kane and Turner's friendship is often an object of discussion, and has been described by the media as a "bromance", due to its closeness.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/06/new-bromantics-male-duos-soft-hair-lemon-twigs|last=Gibsone|first=Harriet|title=New bromantics: boy bands celebrating the power of two|date=6 September 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/its-clear-alex-turner-wears-the-trousers-in-the-last-shadow-pupp/|title= It's clear Alex Turner wears the trousers in The Last Shadow Puppets' partnership - review |work=The Telegraph|first=Andrew |last=Perry|date=2 April 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/the-last-shadow-puppets-new-album|title= Boyeurism: The Last Shadow Puppets|work=Vogue UK|first=Naomi |last=Pike|date=18 March 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/03/30/babelia/1459334149_946453.html|title= The Last Shadow Puppets: doble o nada|work=El País|first=Pablo|last=Guimón|date=6 April 2016|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/28/the-last-shadow-puppets-live-review-usher-hall-edinburgh-miles-kane-alex-turner|title= The Last Shadow Puppets review – a manic fairground edge|work=The Guardian|first=Graeme |last=Virtue|date=28 March 2016}} This has led to the use, by both fans and journalists, of the portmanteau, "Milex", when talking about their shared exploits.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/03/the-last-shadow-puppets-review-kitty-empire|last=Empire|first=Kitty|title=The Last Shadow Puppets review – men behaving badly|date=3 April 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 March 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/03/30/babelia/1459336497_637796.html|last=Sancho|first=Xavi|title=Vencer por agotamiento|date=6 April 2016|website=El País|access-date=28 March 2023}} They have referred to each other as "best mates", having bonded over their similar music taste, sense of humor, and upbringing: "we discovered that our mums have got the same kettle and toaster. Seriously. And they have the same aura. They're very similar women. We're both only children, too."A round with The Last Shadow Puppets, Q Magazine, Issue 262, May 2008, p. 26{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-31-1189960 |title=Miles Kane decided against joining Arctic Monkeys because he had 'a hard-on to be a frontman' |work=NME |first=Luke Morgan|last=Britton|date=27 January 2016 |access-date=8 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/05/guidefeatures.theguide |title=A hit on the side |work=The Guardian |first=Rob|last=Fitzpatrick|date= 5 July 2008 |access-date=8 March 2022}} In an interview with The Times, Turner claimed their first record was the consequence of friendship, not ambition, adding, "Me and Miles, if we had grown up in the same area and gone to the same school, maybe we'd be in a band together anyway,"{{Cite web| url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/alex-turner-and-miles-kane-on-the-last-shadow-puppets-tz5237868sx| last=Cairns | first=Dan|title=Alex Turner And Miles Kane on The Last Shadow Puppets| website=The Times|date=4 May 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210713200330/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alex-turner-and-miles-kane-on-the-last-shadow-puppets-tz5237868sx|archive-date=13 July 2021 |url-status=live}} adding in another interview, "With such a close friendship we have. Wanting to work together, it brings something else. I haven't done too much with other people… he's kind of the only one."{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/alex-turner-talks-to-hot-press-about-the-last-shadow-puppets-and-tina-turners-thighs-17439908|title= Alex Turner talks to Hot Press about The Last Shadow Puppets and Tina Turner's thighs.|work=Hot Press|first=Olaf |last=Tyaransen|date=8 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2016/02/live4ever-interview-how-alex-turner-and-miles-kane-rekindled-their-last-shadow-puppets-partnership/|title=Live4ever Interview: How Alex Turner and Miles Kane rekindled their Last Shadow Puppets partnership|work=Live4Ever|first=Dave|last=Smith|date=15 February 2016}} Hamish McBain of ShortList shared the sentiment, saying, "It's a friendship and a band born out of a desire to hang around together, egging each other on into more flamboyant outfits, [...] most of all better music".Lovers Reunited, ShortList, Issue 415, March 2016, p. 52
Awards and nominations
| class=wikitable |
| Year
!Award !Category !Nominated Work !Result |
|---|
| rowspan="4"| 2008
| Breakthrough Artist | Themselves | {{won}} |
| Mercury Prize
| Best Album | The Age of the Understatement | {{sho}} |
| UK Music Video Awards
| Best Cinematography | "The Age of the Understatement" | {{won}} |
| Q Awards
| Best New Act | rowspan="3"|Themselves | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| British Breakthrough | {{nominated}} |
| rowspan="2"| NME Awards
| Best British Band | {{nominated}} |
| Best Video
| "My Mistakes Were Made for You" | {{won}} |
Band members
- Alex Turner – vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards (2007–present)
- Miles Kane – vocals, guitar, bass, saxophone (2007–present)
- James Ford – drums, percussion, keyboards (2007–present)
- Zach Dawes – bass, percussion, guitar, keyboards (2015–present)
;Live members
- Alex MacNaghten − bass (2008)
- Stephen Fretwell – bass (2008)
- John Ashton – keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals (2008)
- Loren Humphrey − drums, percussion (2016)
- Tyler Parkford − keyboards, backing vocals (2016)
- Scott Gilles − acoustic guitar (2016)
- Davey Latter − percussion (2016)
;Additional live members
- Caroline Buckman – violin (2016)
- Claudia Chopek – violin (2016)
- Jennifer Takamatsu – violin (2016)
- Mikala Schmitz – cello (2016)
;Timeline
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Discography
=Studio albums=
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| EP details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;"| UK
! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:90%;"| SCO
|
| scope="row" |Standing Next to Me
|
| — | — | — | — |
| scope="row" |My Mistakes Were Made for You
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| — | — | — | — |
| scope="row" |The Dream Synopsis
|
| 55 | 5 | 17 | 57 |
| colspan="13" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| EU ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| IRL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| POL
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SCO
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SPA |
| scope="row"| "The Age of the Understatement"
| rowspan="3"|2008 | 9 | 86 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"The Age of the Understatement" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at two on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | 26 | 81 | 34 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 3 | | rowspan=3 |The Age of the Understatement |
| scope="row"| "Standing Next to Me"
| 30 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Standing Next to Me" did not enter the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Hitseekers Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue964.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080828004748/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080820-0000/issue964.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2008|title=ARIA Report: Issue 964|publisher=ARIA|access-date=3 November 2023}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}}} | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Standing Next to Me" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at 10 on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | — | 64 | — | — | 36 | 10 | 13 | |
| scope="row"| "My Mistakes Were Made for You"
| 81 | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"My Mistakes Were Made for You" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at two on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | 87 | 64 | — | 75 | 15 | 8 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Bad Habits"
| rowspan="6" |2016 | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="4" | Everything You've Come to Expect |
| scope="row"| "Everything You've Come to Expect"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Aviation"
| 150 | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Aviation" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at two on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Miracle Aligner"
| 180 | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Miracle Aligner" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at 23 on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | — | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| scope="row"| "Is This What You Wanted"
| — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Is This What You Wanted" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but charted as an extra tip on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="2"| The Dream Synopsis |
| scope="row"| "Les Cactus"
| — | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Les Cactus" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but peaked at 15 on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.}} | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Other charting songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| MEX |
| scope="row"| "In The Heat of the Morning"
| rowspan="3"| 2008 | 111 | — | — | — | rowspan="3"| "The Age of the Understatement" single |
| scope="row"| "Two Hearts in Two Weeks"
| 182 | — | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Wondrous Place"
| 187 | — | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Dracula Teeth"
| rowspan="6"| 2016 | — | 32 | — | — | rowspan="5"| Everything You've Come to Expect |
| scope="row"| "The Element of Surprise"
| — | 37 | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Sweet Dreams, TN"
| — | 29 | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Used to Be My Girl"
| — | 39 | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Pattern"
| — | 48 | — | — |
| scope="row"| "The Dream Synopsis"
| — | — | 54 | — | rowspan="2"| The Dream Synopsis |
| scope="row"| "This Is Your Life"
| 2017 | — | — | — | 38 |
| colspan="13" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a song that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Notes=
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References
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External links
- [http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/review-last-shadow-puppets-standing-next-to-me.aspx Daily Music Guide Standing Next To You review]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309190637/http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/last_shadow_puppets_my_mistakes_were_made_for_you_single_26092008_1149.aspx Review of the LSP's latest single 'My Mistakes Were Made For You']
- [http://www.thelastshadowpuppets.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.laweekly.com/2008-10-30/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-of-arctic-monkeys-and-rascals/ Interview with Alex Turner, L.A. Weekly October 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629144223/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-10-30/music/the-last-shadow-puppets-of-arctic-monkeys-and-rascals/ |date=29 June 2011 }}
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