The process was simple with just Turner, Kane, Ford and engineer Jimmy Robertson participating in the sessions. Turner and Kane provided the vocals, and played bass and guitar in all songs, with Ford playing drums, mainly using live takes. The album was mainly recorded over two weeks.
Fellow member James Ford produced the record. In August 2007, the band began recording sessions at Black Box Studios in Maine-et-Loire, France. By April 2007, they had already several demos, the process continued until July, when they spent a weekend demoing at The Rascals' rehearsal space in Liverpool.
Those songs were written during weekend breaks, between their native cities of Sheffield and Liverpool, with one playing chords while the other paced around the room scribbling on a pad. During the mixing of the album, they wrote their first song together, "The Chamber." Although they already had written some songs each, most were done collaboratively. It was during those recording sessions in 2006, when they decided to start a project together. Turner and Kane first collaborated musically on the song 505, of Arctic Monkeys second album Favourite Worst Nightmare and on " Fluorescent Adolescent" B-sides "The Bakery" and "Plastic Tramp." At first, they had joked with the idea of forming a band, saying that it would be great to do something similar to Scott Walker's Jackie. Following its release, the album was promoted by the singles " The Age of the Understatement", " Standing Next to Me" and " My Mistakes Were Made for You", as well as a European and North American tour and multiple television appearances. It was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize, and became the band's first number-one debut in the UK. The album was released to generally positive reviews. It also draws influence from French pop and film scores of the 1960s. It mainly features genres that include Symphonic pop, pop rock, and baroque pop. The Age of the Understatement is a stylistic deviation from the indie rock sound found in Turner and Kane's previous work with the Arctic Monkeys and The Little Flames, respectively. The album artwork features a 1962 black and white picture, by photographer Sam Haskins, depicting a young woman, named Gill, sitting on the floor. It was produced in Paris and London by fellow member James Ford, featuring orchestral arrangements composed by Owen Pallett, and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra. It was written between band co-frontmen Alex Turner and Miles Kane in 2006. The Age of the Understatement is the debut album by English supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets, released on 15 April 2008 by Domino Recording Company.
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