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Meet: We talk to Stuart A. Staples of Tindersticks on new album ‘Distractions’, lockdown and more
TINDERSTICKS are in danger of becoming a national treasure. After all they’ve (or more pertinently lead figure Stuart A Staples has) since 1991, largely making thought-provoking dark pop and emotive vignettes, always concerned with mood as well as just melody and structure. To that end, they have always turned ears and drew people towards them. …
Album Review: Anna B Savage – ‘A Common Turn’
If, for Anna B Savage fans, it has felt like a long wait for this, her debut album, that’s because it has been. The question is, has it been worth that wait? It’s nearly six years since the release of ‘EP’, with its tracks, ‘I’, ‘II’, ‘III’ and IV’. On the undoubted, shining strength of …
See: Tindersticks release new video for Man Alone (can’t stop the fadin’)
Tindersticks have released a new video for their track Man Alone (Can’t Stop the Fadin’), taken from their forthcoming album ‘Distractions’, out via City Slang on February 19th. It’s the opening track of the record and the longest track the band have ever made. Stuart A. Staples from the band comments on the track saying: “This song …
Album Review: Casper Clausen – Better Way
For a musician who usually takes a studious approach to making records, Casper Clausen’s new album ‘Better Way’ (available via City Slang from January 9th) could almost be seen as a rush release. As one of the core members of Efterklang, the Danish experimental pop explorers, he was last heard just over a year ago …
TRACK: Tindersticks cover the Television Personalities’ ‘You’ll Have To Scream Louder’ – new album next year
NOTTINGHAM’S finest, Tindersticks, are all set to release a new album in 2021 on City Slang, their home for most of the past decade; and they’ve dropped their first single, paying homage to one of the lost greats of Eighties’ British post-punk and indie – Dan Treacy, and the Television Personalities. They’ve decided to take …
SEE: King Hannah’s ‘Meal Deal’; they announce first EP for City Slang
LIVERPOOL’S Hannah Merrick and Craig Whittle who, after working as musicians separately for years, met in a bar job, and decided to make beautiful music together as King Hannah, have just dropped their second single after signing to City Slang, “Meal Deal”. Have a watch of the video, below. It comes after the stark, emotionally …
SEE: Merseyside duo King Hannah debut with ‘Crème Brûlée’, sign for City Slang
SOMETIMES it’s just absolutely the right time for a band. Sometimes, that band exists as a fully formed notion; and it just needs to step out into the physical world. This is the case, I’d venture, with Liverpool duo King Hannah, who’ve announced their official arrival at the musical ball with their debut offering, the …
See: Anna B Savage reveals new video for ‘Dead Pursuits’
There were some dark times for London-based singer songwriter Anna B Savage following the success of her 2015 debut EP, suffering with a sense of imposter syndrome. Her new single, the second to be released via the brilliant City Slang label, Dead Pursuits was written at this low point of self esteem. With it’s feet …
See: Anna B Savage releases new video For Chelsea Hotel #3 (live at the Barbican Conservatory)
Taken from her debut album, coming soon on the City Slang label is Chelsea Hotel #3, Anna B Savage has released a new video, shot live at the Barbican Conservatory. The track is a clear nod to Leonard Cohens ‘Chelsea Hotel #2’, only this time the man in the story is the muse, as Savage …
Track: Son Lux’s Ian Chang releases the latest cut from Belonging; “Lion Dance.”
Ian Chang has shared a second track from his debut full-length record; “Lion Dance” a track that highlights his energetic blend of percussive prowess and hyper-sonic electronics by the Son Lux member. “This was the last song I made for the album, so it still feels very fresh to me” Lang remarks about the track. “The initial …