Mercury Prize voters: Alex Turner has a worthy project called the Last Shadow Puppets that is up for your consideration, and in case you forgot, here is a Richard Ayoade-directed video to help refresh your recollection. Here the Arctic heartthrob and his fellow Puppeteer Miles Kane of the Rascals move about a bit more than during the mod-era TV-show “Standing Next To Me,” talking midnight strolls through dense fog and along winding roads, meeting up in a gazebo to sing about mistakes and admire each others’ leather jackets.

The Age Of The Understatement is out via Domino, and looking like a longshot for that Merc Prize.

Comments (5)
  1. Jeff  |   Posted on Sep 5th, 2008

    Longshot or not, that’s still a damn good album.

    • I absolutely agree.

      I’m a HUGE fan of the Monkeys and Turner’s latest side project. The whole album has a certain atmosphere about it.. .. or well.. maybe it’s just extremely British by nature.

      Regardless, a spectacular effort that shouldn’t be pushed aside or ignored by any means.

  2. Sean Jean  |   Posted on Sep 8th, 2008

    Definitely a great album, and this is a great song. I am actually not the biggest Monkeys fan (don’t hate em or love em), but this album, and this song in particular, are undeniably great.

  3. whistle  |   Posted on Sep 10th, 2008

    I declare my love for this.

  4. sylvie  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    I know I’m a little late here but I just watched the NUMBERS episode Sneakerhead and heard this song and totally fell in love with it. Why have I not heard about these guys before… I just love their sound, so British and 70′s… : )

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