Unreleased The Last Shadow Puppets Collaboration is an unreleased album by Lana Del Rey and the English supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets, consisting of Alex Turner, Miles Kane, James Ford and Zach Dawes, recorded in 2017. Many details regarding the project, including its title, are not known.
Background[]
On September 6, 2019, in an interview for NME magazine, Del Rey spoke about how "California" was written and produced, mentioning that she and the group created a whole album during this process, with "California" being part of it, but later reused for Norman Fucking Rockwell!.
- "We had a little rock band on the side,” she explains. “It kind of didn’t go anywhere but we had a good time." Then she casually slips into conversation that the group, which also included Kane, made a whole album together. “It’s never…” she begins when asked when we can hear it. “We were very messy! But it’s cool ‘California’ made it on there – I feel like it’s a little piece of our friendship band."[1]
Currently, it is unknown how many songs were recorded for the album. On June 15, 2020, when "Thunder" leaked, it was confirmed by insiders to be part of the project and that four mixes were recorded, the fourth mix being the leaked one.
Upon leaking in September 2021, "Dealer" was confirmed by a reliable insider to have originated from this project, and appears unchanged on Blue Banisters.[S 1][dead link]
"Say Yes to Heaven" was also confirmed to have been considered for the project. The version of the song meant for the album was the second version of the song, produced by James Ford, that leaked on February 12, 2018.[citation needed]
Kane did an interview in January 2022 where he confirmed "Dealer" and "Loaded" came from the same recording session. The latter song features background vocals by Del Rey, and was reused and released as a part of his third solo studio album, Coup de Grace. Kane also elaborated on how much they wrote together during those sessions, saying that there's "probably enough for an album."[2]
Confirmed songs[]
- "California"
- "Dealer"
- "Thunder"
- "Say Yes to Heaven"
- "Loaded"
References[]
- ↑ Tabberer, Jamie (September 6, 2019). "Lana Del Rey recorded secret album with The Last Shadow Puppets’ Miles Kane". Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/06/lana-del-rey-recorded-secret-album-last-shadow-puppets-miles-kane-10700008/.
- ↑ Taysom, Joe (January 19, 2022). "Miles Kane and Lana Del Rey have a full album of unreleased material". Far Out. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/miles-kane-album-unreleased-material-lana-del-rey/.