Tindersticks - Falling Down A Mountain

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4...according to our Phil on Wed 29 Jun, 2011.

Been ages since I've listened to anything by Tindersticks. Brian was always the office fan here and as they've progressed through their career he seems less keen on the new stuff and more keen on the 1st couple of albums. Whereas I was never that bothered at all by them but as I'm moving through the ages I'm warming to their baroque take on pop. The music they make is timeless sounding and from what I remember of the last album this sounds like more of the same. It's reasonably upbeat and this one comes with both male and female vocals so there's less of the whole Vic Reeves pub singer thing going on. Lush strings and clever orchestrations are all over the shop which is nice. I feel like I've grown up with this band as they've been making music for what seems like a lifetime to me and I remember buying weird little indie singles when Milky Teeth came out and I'm still buying weird records now their 8th album 'Falling Down A Mountain' is out. Life goes on... The Tindersticks will always be there doing their thing and filling that void for people who like decent music.

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After a five-year hiatus, Tindersticks returned in 2008 with a changed line-up, a new album (‘The Hungry Saw’) and crucially, fully recharged and regenerated; “Tindersticks have proven themselves to be a rare exception to what feels like a general rule of let-down albums by reunited bands” - Under The Radar.
‘Falling Down A Mountain’, their eighth album, came together in two studios (Le Chien Chanceux in France and ICP in Belgium) over three summer months in 2009. Very much a group effort, aided by the new ideas of fresh additions Earl Harvin and David Kitt, and a rare guest vocal appearance by Mary Margaret O’Hara, it shows a colourful side to Tindersticks: “With hindsight, ‘The Hungry Saw’ now seems like an album made within the confines of what we knew; ‘Falling Down A Mountain’ sees those boundaries become irrelevant” – Tindersticks.

Falling Down A Mountain * Keep You Beautiful * Harmony Around My Table * Peanuts * She Rode Me Down * Hubbards Hills * Black Smoke * No Place So Alone * Factory Girls * Piano Music

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