However, we can rest at ease because Alex Turner and Miles Kane have succeeded in creating an album which is far removed from either member’s bands with a collection of booming, almost operatic songs. Featuring lush orchestral strings, pierced with the British twang of the gents’ accents, this is a larger sounding record from start to finish.

Rushing us into their world with the opening title track, Turner’s playful lyricism peppers the songs with heartbroken words and dark relationships, recounting the haunting last words of an ex: "I’m sorry I met you darling" in The Meeting Place.

On other tracks such as Separate and Ever Deadly, Kane gets a chance to shine with a deep voice. Despite the different levels of fame and success between the two, there’s a solid balance of power with neither member overpowering the other. Turner and Kane have a natural chemistry, heard in the witty lyric exchanges and perfect harmonies on Calm Like You.

The songs are about their specialties: women, relationships, and the irrevocable breakup of those relationships with said women. There is a definite sense that these boys have been worshipping Morrissey before writing.

It can sound a bit jumpy at times, with tracks like The Chamber seeming misfit in the listing, but that has more to do with ordering than quality. The entire album has a base sound of rich strings and reverb. All in all, it sounds like a James Bond opera in Soviet Russia, if that makes any sense.