- Record Label: Domino
- Release Date: Apr 1, 2016
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Apr 15, 2016It’s a fresher yet slightly less exciting and memorable effort. Still, it captures almost everything that makes the Last Shadow Puppets stand out, so devotees will likely have their expectations met nonetheless.
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Apr 12, 2016As The Last Shadow Puppets, Kane and Turner have served up an exquisite offering that is melodically rich, diverse, and more complex than its predecessor, centred around a collection of undeniably terrific tunes.
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Apr 4, 2016Bright character studies of predatory women, manipulative gurus, sleazy lotharios and outdoor sex fiends are peppered with non-sequiturs that force listeners to fill in gaps.
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Apr 1, 2016While The Age of the Understatement's exuberant candescence came from just a few very obvious influences tossed together (and was then pigeonholed as a Scott Walker tribute by the music media), this record ranges wider and finds new pockets of surprise while paradoxically seeming less out-of-the-blue.
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Mar 31, 2016Ultimately, Everything You've Come to Expect plays like a west coast film noir fever dream, scored by Ennio Morricone, with Kane and Turner the doomed protagonists, chasing icy blondes and lollipop Lolitas down their own debauched Hitchcock-ian spiral.
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Mar 31, 2016They’ve made a relaxedly unhurried album that smacks as experimental. While not the instant grab fans may be expecting, this assured follow-up--like all good things in life--improves over time
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Mar 25, 2016When this is good, it’s properly great.
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Mar 24, 2016This album isn’t quite what we’ve come to expect from The Last Shadow Puppets, but that’s just how we like it.
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Apr 7, 2016An album filled with lyrics that openly and entertainingly detail bald desire.
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Apr 1, 2016Everything You’ve Come To Expect feels necessary within the context of all their careers, and the project is worthy of a return visit in another decade or so.
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May 10, 2016It leaves the impression that The Last Shadow Puppets are principally a conduit for Turner and Kane to demonstrate just how suave they are, and while it’s hard to find many faults with the record, it’s lacking an edge to make it a great one.
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MagnetApr 15, 2016Ultimately, it's a delightful indulgence--you're never quite convinced that Turner's about to quit his day job--but a hugely enjoyable one, and Arctic Monkeys fans, in particular, will devour this. [No. 130, p.59]
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Apr 1, 2016The second album he's made with buddy Miles Kane as Last Shadow Puppets is drowsily gorgeous, soft-focus California burnout, á la Beck and art-pop icon Scott Walker.
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Apr 1, 2016The Last Shadow Puppets excel when they craft attention-grabbing pop with lush arrangements and unique lyrics, and they mostly do just that on Everything You've Come to Expect.
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Apr 1, 2016Considering that The Last Shadow Puppets is just a casual commitment and a bit on the side for Turner, Everything We’ve Come to Expect is champagne-coated, arena-sized pop-rock album that’s slick and accessibly smart.
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Mar 31, 2016The complicated result plainly contradicts its title: For a rock-star victory lap, Everything You've Come to Expect is anything but.
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UncutMar 24, 2016This follow-up feels almost like business as usual. Luckily, there are a clutch of standout songs. [May 2016, p.75]
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Apr 1, 2016While there are elements within that suggest a compelling cocktail of high-drama and low self-awareness, Everything You’ve Come to Expect is more dour than it needs to, or should, be.
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Negative: 3 out of 99
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