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Remember that Last Shadow Puppets album I talked about a while ago? Well, er, it’s still not out. However, the group’s debut album,The Age Of The Understatement, will be out in almost a week! So that’s good.

Anyway, in the meantime, as a little taster, I have for you (courtesy of Domino Records US) a couple of “stripped down” (that is, with less instruments; the videos on the band’s website show the pair fully clothed) tracks Arctic Monkey Alex Turner and Rascal Miles Kane recorded at the Avatar Studios in New York, around the same time as their impromptu live shows in the city.

We’ve already heard debut eponynmous single “The Age Of The Understatement”, which amplifies the air of spaghetti western when played on acoustic guitar. Meanwhile, previously unheard track “My Mistakes Were Made For You” (the name of which sounds like something that a Phil Spector-produced 60s girl group would put out) is a lot less immediate, though seems like it may be a “grower” - and no doubt sounds a heck of a lot more impressive when, as I’m reliably informed, Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford is drumming/producing and Owen Pallet, aka Final Fantasy, is conducting a 22-piece (!) orchestra, on the finished record.

(FYI, I’ve tagged the song as unplugged, which isn’t entirley true, since Miles Kane is playing his twangy electric guitar; but it’s more unplugged than that Nirvana Unplugged, so what the hey?)

Download “The Age Of The Understatement” (Unplugged…sort of)
Download “My Mistakes Were Made For You” (Unplugged)

Pre-order the album The Age Of The Understatement
Order the single “The Age Of The Understatement”