The Last Shadow Puppets

A <a href="spotify:artist:04tBaW21jyUfeP5iqiKBVq">Scott Walker</a>- and <a href="spotify:artist:0oSGxfWSnnOXhD2fKuz2Gy">David Bowie</a>-inspired collaboration between <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH">the Arctic Monkeys</a>' <a href="spotify:artist:1ctkBmvz80MGyi72Ix055S">Alex Turner</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3YCv4gjxuYPyOhb60K8zuH">the Rascals</a>' <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Miles Kane</a>, the Last Shadow Puppets began when <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Kane</a>'s previous band, <a href="spotify:artist:5Jpg9VFcgxoMbgrfPRAZQ8">the Little Flames</a>, toured with <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH">the Arctic Monkeys</a> in 2007. Already friends from prior gigs together, the pair started writing songs that spring, and headed into a French studio late that summer with producer/drummer James Ford. Additional recording, including strings courtesy of <a href="spotify:artist:3fYr24qYhJejxewFrckFE4">the London Metropolitan Orchestra</a> and arranger <a href="spotify:artist:77Rj6PHmQJFb8nbSH62y68">Owen Pallett</a> (of <a href="spotify:artist:45N14sUTt6bDRSZy7GpiH8">Final Fantasy</a>), was completed that December.

Early in 2008, the Last Shadow Puppets played a pair of shows in New York and announced that their debut single and album, both titled The Age of the Understatement, would arrive that spring on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Domino+Records%22">Domino Records</a>. The album was generally well-received and even garnered a Mercury Prize nomination. While there was talk of making another album, the duo would ultimately take their time returning to the studio. During the next several years, <a href="spotify:artist:1ctkBmvz80MGyi72Ix055S">Turner</a> continued his work with <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH">Arctic Monkeys</a>, releasing 2009's Humbug, 2011's Suck It and See, and 2013's AM. <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Kane</a> also kept busy releasing two solo albums with 2011's Colour of the Trap and 2013's Don't Forget Who You Are. The duo did reconvene for several live shows, including a performance during <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Kane</a>'s supporting slot for <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH">the Arctic Monkeys</a> in Paris in 2012 and again at <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Kane</a>'s Glastonbury set in 2013.

It was only after <a href="spotify:artist:7Ln80lUS6He07XvHI8qqHH">the Arctic Monkeys</a> went on hiatus in 2014 that <a href="spotify:artist:1ctkBmvz80MGyi72Ix055S">Turner</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3M0H4efyA5YcijrKlaKbYn">Kane</a> reunited in Los Angeles to begin work on new material. Working with producer James Ford and longtime collaborator arranger <a href="spotify:artist:77Rj6PHmQJFb8nbSH62y68">Owen Pallett</a>, the Last Shadow Puppets recorded their sophomore full-length album, 2016's Everything You've Come to Expect. The album, which peaked at number one on the U.K. albums chart, showcased more of the duo's orchestral-steeped sound, and included the singles "Bad Habits" and "Aviation." Also in 2016, they delivered the six-song EP, The Dream Synopsis. Included on the EP were re-recordings of two songs off Everything You've Come to Expect, as well as a handful of covers including songs by <a href="spotify:artist:3ayds6VIVBx3CU5NSNCDbq">Jacques Dutronc</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3XtD4pF69355s7xcR6RPXA">Glaxo Babies</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5l8VQNuIg0turYE1VtM9zV">Leonard Cohen</a>. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi