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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = The Last Shadow Puppets
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Everything You've Come to Expect
| released = 28 March 2016
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| length = 4:05
| label = Domino
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| producer = James Ford
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"'Miracle Aligner'" is the fourth single by English band The Last Shadow Puppets from their second studio album, 'Everything You've Come to Expect'. It was released on 28 March 2016 on Domino Records.
Background and release
The song was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio show, where Zane named it his "World Record" for March 28, 2016. The duo jokingly claimed the song was inspired by a "yoga teacher" and a "make-believe wrestler." Turner then said the idea for the song "had always been around" and "came back in the end." He continued by saying that the song was mostly written by himself and his friend and musician Alexandra Savior and "ended up being under the Shadow Puppets umbrella."
Savior has said the song is "obviously about a coke dealer - it's a lifestyle that I didn't relate to myself."
Music video
The music video for "Miracle Aligner", directed by Saam Farahmand, and shot at Hotel Caf Royal in London, was first released onto YouTube on 17 May 2016.
The video begins with Kane and Turner standing in a balcony while rose petals fall from the sky. A dialogue, dubbed in Italian, occurs between the two, where Kane asks "What's this?", to which Turner responds "This...This is an attempt to extract truth...approximately." In the next shot, now inside an empty ornate room, Turner and Kane stand in front of each other, wearing cream coloured suits and looking extremely tanned, an allusion to the events shown in the 'Aviation' and 'Everything You've Come to Expect' music videos. Turner and Kane start dancing across the room. A circular dolly shot reveals they are being observed by a film crew. They keep dancing in a choreographed manner while looking into the camera. The video ends with the film crew leaving while Kane and Turner, now looking at each other, keep dancing. Turner kneels on the ground, Kane embraces him, and both collapse on top of each other.
Personnel
;The Last Shadow Puppets
*Alex Turner vocals, guitar, percussion
*Miles Kane vocals
*James Ford drums, percussion, keys
*Zach Dawes bass guitar
;String section
*Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz viola
*Richard Dodd, John Krovoza, Peggy Baldwin cello
*Eric Gorfain, Marisa Kuney, Amy Wickman, Daphne Chen, Gina Kronstadt, Alwyn Wright, Chris Woods violin
*Ian Walker contrabass
*Sara Andon flute
;Additional personnel
*Owen Pallett strings arrangement
Charts
References
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