Description
the idea of a collection of tindersticks videos will strike many people as a strange concept ? there are few bands as unlikely to live up to the role of glamorous rock stars in promotional pop videos as stuart staples and his unphotogenic band. even in a live context, the band tend to jot shuffle onto the stage in a low-key fashion, deliver a pretty much static performance and then jot wander off again.
the key to their brilliance however is in that in-between moment ? the music, the mood and the delivery ? and rather than presenting an unrepresentative set of pop-promos of the band acting up to being something they are not, it is the aspect of capturing that particular tindersticks mood in images that is contained in this set of short films by martin wallace, whose collaboration with the band presents from their early work in 1993
extras
no extras on the dvd, although there are hidden alternate versions of bathtime and Don?t ever get tired. i couldn?t find any way to access these from the menu, but you can get to them if you select next from your remote control during the art of lovemaking, before the track ending and takes you back to the new menu. i don?t see any real differences in these versions other than a shorter introduction of a few seconds before the music starts. the only other effect this has is in boosting the running time of the dvd on the player to 46 minutes.
Artist
English band formed in 1991 out of Asphalt Ribbons (formed in 1988) by Stuart A. Staples (vocals), David Boulter (organ & accordion), Neil Fraser (2) (guitar), Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar & strings) Al Macaulay (percussion & drums) and John Thompson (bass), who was replaced by Mark Colwill before their first recordings. They recorded six studio albums, two additional soundtrack albums, and many singles in the first stage of their career. After a hiatus between 2004 and 2008, the band's line-up was stripped down to Staples, Boulter and Fraser, eventually settling on a line-up featuring Earl Harvin (drums) and Dan McKinna (bass), with further albums, soundtracks and singles being released.
Tindersticks were one of the most original and distinctive British acts of the '90s, standing apart from both the British indie scene and the rash of Brit-pop guitar combos that dominated the U.K. charts. Where their contemporaries were often direct and to the point, Tindersticks were obtuse and leisurely, crafting dense, difficult songs layered with literary lyrics, intertwining melodies, mumbling vocals, and gently melancholy orchestrations.
At the start of their career, the group filtered the dark romanticism of Leonard Cohen, Ian Curtis, and Scott Walker through the bizarre pop songcraft of Lee Hazlewood and the aesthetics of indie rock. Later recordings have been marked by the influence of soul music, and their excursions into instrumental soundtrack work (primarily working for director Claire Denis). Though their music was far from casual listening, Tindersticks gained a dedicated cult following in the mid-'90s, beginning with their eponymous 1993 debut album, and continue to release music to a dedicated fanbase.
Tracks
1
City Sickness
04:07
2
Travelling Light
04:48
3
Bathtime
03:59
4
Rented Rooms
04:57
5
Can We Start Again?
03:48
6
Can Our Love...
06:01
7
Don't Ever Get Tired
03:23
8
Sometimes It Hurts
04:40
9
The Art Of Love Making
02:07
10
Travelling Light
04:43
11
Don't Ever Get Tired
03:12
Releases
Members
David Kitt,
Thomas Belhom,Stuart A. Staples,Earl Harvin,David Boulter,
Dickon Hinchliffe,Neil Fraser (2),
Mark Colwill,
Al Macaulay,Dan McKinna
