Released: 2016
Genres: Chamber Pop, Indie Rock, Baroque Pop, Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop
The Musiquarium’s Everything You’ve Come to Expect Review Score: 8.5 out of 10
How does Alex Turner, Miles Kane, and James Ford’s side side project sound 8 years later? Everything You’ve Come to Expect doesn’t seem to wear the spaghetti western influence that its predecessor did, instead going for more of a sixties baroque pop sound — this is still very much The Last Shadow Puppets, but it sees an evolution in their sound, despite the cheeky title.
The title track has a Beatlesque, floaty feeling to it. Miles Kane gets to shine on Aviation, Pattern and Bad Habits. Used to Be My Girl sounds both sexy and dangerous at the same time. Sweet Dreams, TN is a grandiose ballad. The Dream Synopsis has Alex Turner crooning over the type of ballad that Suck It and See was full of, but with strings instead of reverb-heavy guitars.
Alex Turner had grown a lot as a songwriter between the two T.L.S.P. albums and this album showcases just how far he’s come, despite having already been quite exceptional by the end of the previous decade. Everything You’ve Come to Expect is a sophisticated and sensual album, one that sounds like you’re sipping on a martini while chatting up a cute bird in a conversation pit in some chic sixties pad.
Trivia: The cover is a photograph of Tina Turner from 1969.
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Written by Brett Nippard