"The Age of the Understatement" is the first single released by The Last Shadow Puppets. It was released on 14 April 2008 in the United Kingdom on Domino Records. The song is the title track from the band's debut album The Age of the Understatement.
Music video The video was shot in Moscow, Russia, by French director Romain Gavras, and features Turner and Kane walking through the Russian capital. Gavras chose to shoot in Russia, as the song had "a western feel to it," and "Russia is kind of like the new Wild West." He described it as, "The most difficult shot, I've ever done." due to the long hours, the cold temperatures, and the fact they had, "to bribe a few people - including the police, who were with us all the time when we were filming." Gavras later described the shoot as "crazy" saying: "On the other side of the camera, it was a training camp with tanks shooting all the time, totally unsafe." The video won Best Cinematography at the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, and was featured on Pitchfork's Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 list.
Track listing
Charts +Chart performance for "The Age of the Understatement"Chart (2008)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)86European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)26 Year Title Chart positions UK Singles Chart 2008 "Wondrous Place" (download only) 187 2008 "Two Hearts in Two Weeks" (download only) 182 2008 "In The Heat of the Morning" (download only) 111
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