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Alex Turner and Miles Kane album details revealed – exclusive

Alex Turner and Miles Kane

Alex Turner and Miles Kane

Band name and song titles for Arctic Monkeys' star's side project

Alex Turner and Miles Kane’s joint band will be called The Last Shadow Puppets, the duo have told NME.COM.

The Arctic Monkeys and The Rascals frontman have been working on a joint album since becoming friends when touring together.

This week’s issue of NME – on UK newsstands from February 20 – has an exclusive interview and the first listen to the pair's album anywhere in the world.

However in the meantime NME.COM can confirm that Turner and Kane’s first release will be single 'The Age Of The Understatement' on April 14.

An album of the same name will follow on April 21.

The tracklisting is:

'The Age Of The Understatement'
'Standing Next To Me'
'Calm Like You'
'Separate And Ever Deadly'
'The Chamber'
'Only The Truth'
'My Mistakes Were Made For You'
'Black Plant'
'I Don't Like You Any More'
'In My Room'
'Meeting Place'
'The Time Has Come Again'


A website Theageoftheunderstatement.com has gone live showing super-eight film footage of the duo, while NME.COM has re-printed Alex Turner and Miles Kane first ever joint interview which you can read online now.

To find out what it sounds like – and what Alex Turner and Miles Kane have to say about the album by get this week’s NME now.

Meanwhile The Rascals release their new single 'Suspicious Wit' this week (February 18).

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