Alex Turner and Miles Kane cover Bowie and Billy Fury on debut single

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 15 comments 14:18 March 14th, 2008

Miles Kane and Alex Turner will cover David Bowie and Billy Fury on the b-side to their new single.

‘The Age of the Understatement’ is the debut single from the duo’s new project The Last Shadow Puppets, and will feature versions of Bowie’s ‘In the Heat of the Morning’ and ‘Wondrous Place’.

The Arctic Monkeys and Rascals men will release the single, which also features new track ‘Two Hearts in Two Weeks’, on the 14th of April.

You can see the video to 'The Age of the Understatement' here.

An album, which shares names with its lead single, will be arrive through Domino on the 21st of April.

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I'm really looking forward to the album.

Although the single's a bit of a strange one. It sounds more like an opening track on an album than it does a single...

theguywithnousername | 14 Mar '08, 14:37 | X | Reply

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...think the single is great, its like a bond tune. All very scott walker esque with big strings and drama. I kind of agree that its not an obvious single, but then i dont really think that number 1's is what this collaboration is about.

Transmission @theguywithnousername | 14 Mar '08, 14:56 | X | Reply

Surely

Muse could actually file a lawsuit against this? It IS Knights of Cydonia.

stewart85 @tibbly | 14 Mar '08, 14:58 | X | Reply

it is the opening track on the album

though I may have just misinterpreted what you said...

TheBoyDeadly @theguywithnousername | 14 Mar '08, 15:17 | X | Reply

I thought it might be but wasn't sure.

I suppose what I meant is that, whilst it sounds like a good introductory track if you're bought an album (in that it creates a real sense of atmosphere in a similar way to the first track on the Streets' first album does or Introducing the Band does on Suede's "Dog Man Star"), it doesn't really sound like something most bands'd release as a single (i.e. in that it's sort of all build and no real chorus. It's a great song and I imagine it'd be a real kicker going into a second track but just doesn't sound like "single" material - that's not necessarily a bad thing mind.

theguywithnousername @TheBoyDeadly | 14 Mar '08, 15:40 | X | Reply