SONG OF THE DAY [#302]

'the age of the understatement' | the last shadow puppets

gallopin' ghosts of scott walker!

head arctic monkey alex turner hooked up with his buddy miles kane of the rascals to form the last shadow puppets. i guess the arctic monkeys and the rascals toured together and alex and miles expressed a mutual admiration for scott walker. i LOVE scott walker, so i was eager to hear this. needless to say, i was not disappointed when i did. this is some massively awesome 60's britpop/rock. i think even the most cynical audiophile would have a hard time dismissing this one. and that fact that the intro sounds exactly like muse's 'knights of cydonia' makes it even better!

and speaking of alex turner, he really has turned himself into one of england's premiere songwriters. he's a pretty darn good vocalist, too. now, with two magnificent arctic monkeys albums under his belt and how this, he's poised to be his generations paul weller, methinks. dood is just good. really, really good.

enjoy!

→ last shadow puppets: the age of understatement | live in studio
→ last shadow puppets: in the heat of the morning
→ scott walker: jackie
→ scott walker: the old man's back again
→ keane: the sun ain't gonna shine anymore [walker brothers cover]