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Last Shadow Puppets: 'The Age of the Understatement'
Released on Monday, Apr 14 2008
Published Tuesday, Apr 1 2008, 16:17 BST | By Alex Fletcher | 5 comments

From the first swell of orchestral strings to its final cinematic rumble, 'The Age of the Understatement' proves that Turner and Kane aren't mucking about on this one. Crossing spaghetti western melodrama with haunting psychedelia, this couldn't be further from the skinny-jeans indie of 'Mardy Bum'. Meanwhile, Turner's lyrics ("Subtle in her method of seduction, twenty little tragedies begin"), will have many searching for hints about the state of his relationship with Alexa Chung. It's hard to tell how seriously we should be taking the Puppets, but, on this evidence, it's going to be a lot of fun finding out.

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JOe, Chelmsford, on April 21st, 2008
Got the album and it is amazin!! pure genius!!
Got the album and it is amazin!! pure genius!!
jean greensitt, north east, on April 16th, 2008
love it. scott walker, marc almond and a bit of artic monkey grit
love it. scott walker, marc almond and a bit of artic monkey grit
Becca, on April 15th, 2008
Amazing song. Go out and buy it!
Amazing song. Go out and buy it!
kevin dover, on April 10th, 2008
fantastic cant wait 4 the album
fantastic cant wait 4 the album







fantastic. I love this song