New striking strokes

15 May 2024

British veteran bar-room band TINDERSTICKS, led by crooner Stuart A. Staples
have released 13 LPs since 1991. And they just announced #14. It’s titled SOFT ISSUE
and sees the day of light on September 13th.

Impressive album artwork

Stuart Staples: Musically, it seemed that since 2016’s The Waiting Room, the band’s output had been reactionary. The last two tindersticks have been so opposed to each other – 2019’s No Treasure But Hope was an extremely naturalistic recording process – due in part as a reaction to the previous few years of experimental projects (High Life, Minute Bodies) and in turn as a reaction to this purity 2021’s Distractions became one of the bands most dense, experimental albums.

It felt like time to stop lurching to these extremes and to find a way to marry the rigor of the songwriting and the joy of the band playing together with a more hard-nosed experimental approach.”

The first single NEW WORLD is Tindersticks alright. Candlelight music for
the midnight hours with soulful backing vocals, warm horns, and, of course,
Staples‘ vulnerable and romantic voice, sliding smoothly all the way.

The accompanying video clip is made/directed by his daughter Sidonie Osborne .

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