Tindersticks : classic or dud

she's good but there's something depressing about her.

is Pattinson singing that track? or only playing the guitar?

depressing about her performances, i'm sure she's not depressing irl.

that's Pattinson singing, "in character" apparently

as stuart staples?

New album No Treasure But Hope out November 15.
Apparently laid down in just 5 weeks, as per this interview with Stuart at the Aquarium Drunkard. "The Amputees" sounds lovely.

There's a second track, "Pinky In The Daylight":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJlhTVCFedk

Not really doing it for me, at the moment. Perhaps it will grow on me?

if you water it daily there is hope...

Actually, it sounds better when you just ... hear it, listening to the album, doing the washing up ... rather than thinking "I hope this is a good!"

There's one song which should be amazing - "See My Girls" - but which is one of the rare occasions his voice is a bit unlistenable.

2020/02/29 Nantes, FR, online until 2020/08/28 (don't know if it's geo-limited)

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/095603-001-A/tindersticks-live-from-nantes/

dope, thanks!

New album Distractions on the way, two songs from it out already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uQ7CDO4_GA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCOM30iRd7k

Not feeling either of these at the moment, I have to say. And I never thought I'd hear my favourite band go electronic :(

Album only has seven tracks of which three are covers. This is shaping up to be an inessential release, but let's see.

Stuart's voice seems uniquely ill-suited to the sort of thing he's going for on "Man Alone"

Agreed.

Looking upthread I realise I never said anything about No Treasure but Hope. It seems to have slipped under the radar somewhat. Anyway I'm listening to it now and it sounds lovely.

Man Alone is really quite bad, Simon otm. It's hard to judge whether it could be a successful song with another singer because I haven't managed to make it to the half way point so far. I rather like the other one, though.

From those two songs ... I might not buy the album ... and anyone who knows me will know that feels quite weird!

this is kind of rad imo

referring to "man alone"

especially when the rain starts

idk i love hearing a voice like this in atmosphere of techno so minimal it's eroding into electro, it's very dissociated

I do love when the rain comes in...idk maybe it's just because I've been listening to them since I was in junior high, I can't not hear the degradation of Stuart's voice and it bugs me hearing it so prominently. it almost makes me wish he'd go full Lambchop and dive into vocal manipulation. "You'll Have to Scream Louder" is really nice though and No Treasure But Hope was rock solid. I'm glad they're branching out and I'm sure good things will come of it.

"And I never thought I'd hear my favourite band go electronic."

I do love this from a few years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7i_pHEWNg

i guess no one's bumped this thread since the record came out but it's really fantastic imo

I meant to post here! it's better than I was fearing and "man alone" does make more sense in context, and I love how "lady with the braid" blooms so gradually. I need to spend more time with this and the previous album too.

that bit where the bass and strings play in unison >>>>

the "man needs a maid" cover is revelatory

Lady with the Braid is one of my favourite songs. I'm not sure I'd like any cover of it but I really don't like this one.

I've not got the new album at all (it's the first album by them I've not bought but it has sounded ignorable when I have played online) but I accidentally played the last Stuart A Staples album (I was playing something alphabetically before on my MP3 player) and it sounded incredible/just right.

i guess no one's bumped this thread since the record came out but it's really fantastic imo

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:28 PM

Oh man, it really is! Haven't kept up with their releases in the last decade or so (except for The Waiting Room, of which a cutout was handed to me) but this is gorgeous. I agree that the Staples' vocal loop in the opening track doesn't work (for me) but it turns out there's a Charles Webster (!) Mix that doesn't use the loop and is vastly superior. So I created an album playlist that swaps the original Man Alone with the CW Mix and ends with the CW Dub Mix and that's about perfect

Solo album

https://www.normanrecords.com/records/187737-david-boulter-lovers-walk

^ Liking this a lot on a couple of plays.

Bleak but nice.

It's captured me more than "Yarmouth". That might be words sucking me in a bit.

Tindersticks "Across Six Leap Years" included a couple of re-recordings from Staples' albums and ... some of the tracks here could as happily sit on their albums. That said, its very conceptual (by which I mean there is an over-arching narrative) and personal. It's beautiful.

Found a random compilation I'd made and put it on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kSYlZUZL66QSicP4dVPeB

I'm not sure if there was any criteria/rhyme/reason.

A CD-R worth rather than the "Bottle 1, Bottle 2" extravaganza posted further up. I do spend a lot of time on this thread talking to myself, drunk, don't I?

Seems amazing that 1000 copies of the Boulter album haven't just flown out of the shops.

It’s a very good album. I notice Monorail are stocking it too now.

Yeah, that's what made me notice that it hadn't just sold out.

idk I'm a massive Tindersticks fan but I'm not really interested in hearing this since Staples isn't involved.

I'm not absolutely sure how the work is divided (never actually checked the credits) but it is worth hearing.

I've been less keen on Staples' voice on more recent recordings (though I think he's been trying to be creative and do interesting things).

oh? I have to check that out then - what does he do, death metal growls? Belting tenor?

Anyway, there's a tour with orchestra booked for next spring which I'm super looking forward to. The write-up on the website suggests that the sets may have a retrospective feel, which would be welcome. A "career-spanning" compilation is also planned.

Enjoying this tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t3iOjLIDPI

I like the bits where the drummer is a bit "Animal from the Muppets". I'm guessing they disliked each other by this point.

I play "Ballad of Tindersticks" a lot. Best song about burn out, I think.

dud

Pondering a "rowdy" Tindersticks play list - "Fast One" and "4:48 Psychosis" being the obvious starting points.

What should be on there?

"Her" off the first record?

"City Sickness"?

whiskey and water could be done in a pretty rowdy style

So far ...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xkrEf49hQpLCMZyyFoWnZ

gotta say, some beautiful Tindersticks energy on this new Liminanas/Laurent Garnier record (don't be put off by the cover)

https://theliminanas.bandcamp.com/album/de-pel-cula

There's a new David Boulter Xmas-y thing here:

https://claypipemusic.greedbag.com/

There's a lot of red.

New career-spanning box set now up for pre-order:

https://shop.cityslang.com/products/past-imperfect-the-best-of-tindersticks-92-21-4lp-box-set-exclusive-7-inch

There's also an ultra-limited run of 300 clear vinyl copies via Rough Trade.

It's a bit difficult to be very excited about that. And I love Tindersticks.