The Last Shadow Puppets, Mayan Theater, November 3, 2008
With The Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner accomplishes to create music suitable for even the baby boom generation, and in turn, demonstrate further that whatever people say he is, he’s still not. Along with Miles Kane, the equally young singer of The Rascals, their album The Age of The Understatement, is one of the most unexpected releases of the year. On stage the duo bring the same energy they display with their respective bands as well as a spookily identical voice. Avert your eyes and you may be hard pressed to know which of the two were singing. Somewhat lost in the, ahem, shadows of the two, as well marvelous sounding sixteen-piece orchestra, is Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford who handles the drumming duties. And if the resemblance wasn’t similar enough by their outfits the two sang a cover of The Beatles’s “I Want You (She’s so Heavy)” much to the delight of the crowd. Some reports have a follow up album as early as next year.
Full photo gallery and set list below.
Setlist:
In My Room
The Age of the Understatement
Calm Like You
Black Plant
Only The Truth
Gas Dance
Little Red Book
Separate and Everyday
Hang the Cyst
She’s So Heavy (Beatles cover)
My Mistake Were Made for You
In the Heat of The Morning
I Don’t Like You Any More
The Chamber
Time Has Come Again
The Meeting PlaceEncore:
Memories
Standing Next to Me
