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The Last Shadow Puppets, Domino Records. Five Star *****

UNREQUITED LOVE, poignant orchestration and the most sought after man in modern music. What more could one want in a gig? Finally, the anticipation is over with Alex Turner's decision to take his 60s quintessential side project, The Last Shadow Puppets, to the road.

The Arctic Monkey's lead singer and his sidekick Miles Kane, from the Liverpudlian band The Rascals, took the current music scene to new levels with their inventive debut album The Age of the Understatement. Their duet recollects the music of the 1960s and aspires to the likes of Scott Walker and early Bowie.

The Last Shadow Puppets played Leeds and Reading Festival 2008 prior to their first U.K. tour in a bid to get some live practice. They entered to mud-filled stage suited and booted, reminiscing the 60's glamour both visually as well as audibly, with their entourage of a full orchestra from the London Metropolitan Orchestra. Unfortunately, this glamour and culture was not enough to take the mud encrusted, wellie-cladded crowd back to the 1960's, but expect a certain nostalgia once the boys enrapture their audience at Glasgow's Carling Academy.

For those who are afraid of being enclosed in a small space with teenage Arctic Monkey fans. Don't be. The Last Shadow Puppets are worlds away from Turner's claim to fame. Turner musically diverges, displaying a previously unknown affinity to the ballad form. He contemplates the fragility of love instead of how he and his mates are going to sneak past the bouncers into a grotty Sheffield club. Turner yearns for another era by opting for an acoustic guitar and tambourine in place of his electric Fender Stratocaster. This produces an antiquated feeling, but with an edge. That edge being Turner's charisma and Kane's trademark guitar distortion.

Killer tracks, "Standing Next To Me" and the dark "Separate and Ever Deadly", will blown your mind once heard live. The allure between Turner and Kane as well as the power of the grand orchestration and the hypnotic melody of the tuba takes the album tracks to new heights.

The Last Shadow Puppets’ tour is an apt opportunity to see both Turner and Kane at their best, playing the most ambitious and awe-inspiring music of modern times.