Tindersticks annoncerer album og deler ny single – Distractions er ude d. 19/2
I dag annoncerer Tindersticks detaljer om deres nye album Distractions, der udkommer d. 19. februar 2021 på City Slang / Playground Music. Sammen med annonceringen, og som opfølger til den nylige udgivelse af deres cover af Television Personalities’ ’You’ll have to scream louder’, deler Tindersticks deres nye single ’Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)’.
Albummets åbningssang ’Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)’ er Tindersticks’ længste track til dato, og er bygget op om en hypnotisk bas, der pulserer under Staples’ nærmest mantriske vokal. Om sangen fortæller Stuart A. Staples: "This song was always a journey but I wasn’t expecting it to be such a long one. We made a 6 minute version but it felt like it pulled off and stopped half way to its destination. This was the beginning of a long journey in itself, to find the route needed to complete it - probably the biggest challenge a song or piece of music has given us. It was delicate and slippery right up to the final mix, which lasted a week! For me the song has a strange connection to the drum machine, bass guitar and voice combination of ‘Indignant Desert Birds’ - mine and Neils first band when I was 17. It was important to me that the words of the song were not a coherent narrative, but passing thoughts along the way."
Om den tilhørende musikvideo fortæller han:
"In the back of a London cab driving through the city at night is a very special space for me. It has a particular kind of aloneness. This fascination grew over hundreds of nights leaving the the studio exhausted at 1am - Ladbroke Grove or St Johns Wood, through the city and over the river to South East London in an almost dream state. Retracing that journey, this film became a way of touching the city and the feeling of being both a part of and apart from it."
Lyt til ’Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)’ og se videoen her.
Før lockdown satte en stopper for deres turné i 2020, havde Stuart Staples allerede lagt grundstenene til en anderledes form for Tindersticks album. Hvor No Treasure But Hope indeholder en række intime mood-sange, der genopfinder sig selv som en helhed, dekonstruerer efterfølgeren denne helhed, så den velkendte lyd af Tindersticks lyder frisk igen. Selvom Distractions har været berørt af den globale lockdown, er albummet ikke et ’lockdown album’. Staples fortæller:
“I think the confinement provided an opportunity for something that was already happening. It is definitely a part of the album, but not a reaction to it.”
Resultatet er blevet et minimalistisk album, hvor hver en detalje har gjort sig fortjent til sin plads. Disse detaljer og idéer blev til fra januar til juni 2020, før bandet samledes igen i Staples’ studie for at udvikle dem. Albummet blev efterfølgende færdiggjort i september 2020, og er lyden af et band, der er klar til at strække og forny sig selv.
Distractions trackliste:
1. Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)
2. I imagine you
3. A man needs a maid (Neil Young cover)
4. Lady with the braid (Dory Previn cover)
5. You’ll have to scream louder (Television Personalities cover) - YouTube
6. Tue-moi
7. The bough bends
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