The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets
The Band at Catalyst Club, Santa Cruz, 2016
Background information
Genres	Baroque pop
Years active	2007-2008, 2015-present
Labels	Domino
Associated acts	Arctic Monkeys, Mini Mansions, Simian, Simian Mobile Disco, Owen Pallett, Guards
Website	thelastshadowpuppets.com
Members	Alex Turner Miles Kane James Ford Zach Dawes

The Last Shadow Puppets are an English supergroup consisting of Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys, solo artist), Miles Kane (The Rascals, solo artist), James Ford (Simian, Simian Mobile Disco, producer), and Zach Dawes (Mini Mansions, session musician). The band released their debut album The Age of the Understatement in 2008. Following a lengthy hiatus, they returned with their album Everything You've Come to Expect in 2016.

In August 2007 NME magazine reported that Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and lead singer of then newly formed the Rascals, Miles Kane would be recording an album with Simian Mobile Disco member and former Simian drummer James Ford producing and playing drums. Turner and Kane had become friends when Kane's previous band the Little Flames played support for Arctic Monkeys on their 2005 UK tour. The Little Flames also supported Arctic Monkeys on their April 2007 UK tour, when Turner and Kane wrote songs together for a collaborative project. Their collaboration extended into Arctic Monkeys material, with Kane playing guitar on "505", the closing track of second Arctic Monkeys album Favourite Worst Nightmare and on "Fluorescent Adolescent" B-sides "The Bakery" and "Plastic Ramp." Kane also guested on "505" and "Plastic Tramp" at several Arctic Monkeys gigs in 2007, including the summer mini-festivals at Lancashire County Cricket Club and Arctic Monkeys' 2007 & 2013 appearances at Glastonbury.