that's Pattinson singing, "in character" apparently
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
as stuart staples?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
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.
― willem, Sunday, 10 November 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
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?
― djh, Monday, 11 November 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
if you water it daily there is hope...
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
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.
― djh, Friday, 22 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
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/
― StanM, Monday, 2 March 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
dope, thanks!
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 2 March 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
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.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Stuart's voice seems uniquely ill-suited to the sort of thing he's going for on "Man Alone"
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
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.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 18 January 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
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.
― Pie face (jed_), Sunday, 24 January 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
From those two songs ... I might not buy the album ... and anyone who knows me will know that feels quite weird!
― djh, Sunday, 24 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
this is kind of rad imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
referring to "man alone"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
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
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 January 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
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.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 25 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
"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
― djh, Monday, 25 January 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
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, 16 March 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
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.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
that bit where the bass and strings play in unison >>>>
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
the "man needs a maid" cover is revelatory
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
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.
― Cocteau Twinks (jed_), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
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.
― djh, Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
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
― 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
― willem, Monday, 31 May 2021 09:21 (three years ago) link
Solo album
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/187737-david-boulter-lovers-walk
― djh, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
^ Liking this a lot on a couple of plays.
Bleak but nice.
― djh, Friday, 18 June 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
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.
― djh, Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
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?
― djh, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Seems amazing that 1000 copies of the Boulter album haven't just flown out of the shops.
― djh, Monday, 5 July 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
It’s a very good album. I notice Monorail are stocking it too now.
― hamicle, Monday, 5 July 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that's what made me notice that it hadn't just sold out.
― djh, Monday, 5 July 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
idk I'm a massive Tindersticks fan but I'm not really interested in hearing this since Staples isn't involved.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 5 July 2021 21:36 (two years ago) link
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).
― djh, Monday, 5 July 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
oh? I have to check that out then - what does he do, death metal growls? Belting tenor?
― StanM, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 05:57 (two years ago) link
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.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
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.
― djh, Thursday, 26 August 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
dud
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 27 August 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
Pondering a "rowdy" Tindersticks play list - "Fast One" and "4:48 Psychosis" being the obvious starting points.
What should be on there?
― djh, Monday, 30 August 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
"Her" off the first record?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
"City Sickness"?
― henry s, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
whiskey and water could be done in a pretty rowdy style
― akm, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link
So far ...
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xkrEf49hQpLCMZyyFoWnZ
― djh, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
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
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
There's a new David Boulter Xmas-y thing here:
https://claypipemusic.greedbag.com/
― djh, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
There's a lot of red.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 December 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
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.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 17 January 2022 14:24 (two years ago) link
It's a bit difficult to be very excited about that. And I love Tindersticks.
― djh, Monday, 17 January 2022 19:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SfAu_MmvEw
― djh, Saturday, 12 February 2022 21:56 (two years ago) link
An instrumental playlist (draft/early version):
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20d7vs21rgUxh8vS9fGJjt
Need to go back to the soundtracks with red wine.
― djh, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link