Tuesday 26 January 2010

Moody blues

The new Tinderstick album has arrived, Falling Down a Mountain. As usual, it's jangly guitars, minor-key strings, gravelly voices and smoky nightclubs - as usual, it's a triumph. Before Britpop spoiled everything, all indie music was like this: not the same sound, but committed and thoughtful and not constructed with an eye on getting some free clothes and an appearance on kids' TV).

Here's one of their old ones, 'Tiny Tears':

1 comment:

Graham Quirk said...

I 'should' like Tindersticks, they draw on lots of my favourites like Scott Walker, Lee Hazelwood and Brel , they have a great sound. I just can't get the Vic Reeves' pub singer out of my head when i try and listen to them. I must try harder. Do you remember a band called 'Cousteau' ? I wonder what happened to them? they ploughed a similar furrow to Tindersticks.