A few nights ago I picked up my second-to-latest copy of Death & Taxes magazine. Realizing I was done with the articles (seemed to have a lot of bands with girls in em, an automatic skip) I quickly breezed through the album reviews to find a featured segment on The Last Shadow Puppets. One part Arctic Monkeys, another The Rascals, Alex Turner and Miles Kane, respectively, joined forces to create the great album that is The Age of the Understatement!The next morning, I visited their album website and began the first clip that loaded. 10 seconds into the song I turned it off and decided to pick up the album that day on my way out to the ocean for the 4th of July. I already knew there would be a few canadians there, so why not a few Brits too? No hard feelings there. So basically, not knowing what was on the album, I bought it based on the reviews, and the rave reviews of the reviews. Oh and cause it mentioned Owen Pallet composed the string section! Can ya go wrong with Final Fantasy? Not really (thanks Alex G. for the introduction). Bart, maybe now I'll listen to Arcade Fire with an open ear...
So ya, this is a fun album, lots of people saying a throwback to the days of early David Bowie (and some other guy I never heard of). Whether you agree or not, they do a great version of his "In the Heat of the Morning" on their EP I picked up that same night on iTunes... If you're into the great British sounds, I recommend this one. I love being completely satisfied with an album I found out about and bought in a 2 day period of time, never having known or heard a thing about it!
