Photo credit: Neil Fraser
Tindersticks have released a new single “Nancy” from their forthcoming album ‘Soft Tissue’, set for release on the 13th of September via City Slang.
Imbued with a melancholic Tropicália feel, Tindersticks’ Stuart Staples explains the new single “Nancy” saying: “Some say that there are only a few different types of songs. Nancy definitely falls in to the classic ’guy fucks up / begs for forgiveness’ bracket – but hopefully with a few surprises along the way. Like much of Soft Tissue, the musical spark of excitement came from the creation of the rhythm track – Earl Harvin gated, echoed and fused with a CR78. Dan McKinna’s bass and David Boulter’s organ arpeggios combining into a heavy sauce. Nice brass too.
“Nancy” follows the release of ” New World“,the first song written for ‘Soft Tissue’ and a springboard for the album’s thematic concerns about personal and public worlds knocked off-kilter. The stop motion video for “New World,” along with the album’s stunning artwork, were created with Stuart Staples’ daughter Sidonie Osborne Staples.
‘Soft Tissue‘ is the band’s first release of original material following their original soundtrack to Claire Denis’ 2022 film ‘The Stars At Noon’, starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn and released in the US via A24. Since her 1996 feature Nénette and Boni, Denis (High Life, Beau Travail) has worked in some capacity with Stuart Staples of Tindersticks on the distinctive music in her films.
Speaking on ‘Soft Tissue’, Staples says: “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.”
“In this band, I think that there’s so much… I was going to say talent but it’s got nothing to do with talent, really, it’s about that desire, that need to reach for something and to go to places you haven’t been. And I feel that comes from everybody. I didn’t feel as though there was any kind of restriction about, or any dogma about, what this record could be, beyond where it takes us and what excites us.”
Tour dates:
30.09. CZ Prague, Hybernia Theatre
02.10. AT Vienna, Akzent
03.10. AT Vienna, Akzent
04.10. AT Vienna, Akzent
05.10. DE Munich, Prinzregententheater
06.10. DE Leipzig, Schauspielhaus
07.10. DE Berlin, Theater des Westens
09.10. SE Stockholm, Göta Lejon
10.10. NO Oslo, Sentrum Scene
11.10. DK Gothenburg, Pustervik
12.10. DK Copenhagen, Konservatoriets Koncertsal
13.10. DE Hamburg, Kampnagel
15.10. NL Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw
16.10. NL Utrecht, Tivoli
17.10. BE Brussels, Cirque Royale
21.10. UK Brighton, Dome
23.10. UK Manchester, New Century
24.10. UK Bristol, Beacon
25.10. UK Birmingham, Town Hall
26.10. UK Sheffield, Octagon Theatre
29.10. ISL Reykjavik, Háskólabíó
31.10 IT Parma, Theatro Al Parco
02.11. GR Athens – Christmas Theatre
04.11. ES Madrid, Coliseum
06.11. ES Barcelona, Palau de la Musica
08.11. PT Covilhã – Teatro Municipal da Covilhã
09.11. PT Leiria – Teatro José Lúcio Da Silva
10.11. PT Aveiro – Teatro Aveirense
11.11. PT Porto – Casa da Música
12.11. PT Lisbon – Aula Magna
15.11. FR Biarritz – L’Atabal
16.11. FR Toulouse – Halle aux Grains
17.11. FR Lyon – L’Opera
18.11. FR Annecy – Bonlieu
20.11. FR Merignac – Le Pin Galant
21.11. FR La Rochelle – L’Espace Encan
23.11. FR Cherbourg – Le Trident
26.11. FR Rouen – L’Opera
27.11. FR Nantes – Le Lieu Unique
28.11. FR Nantes – Le Lieu Unique
29.11. FR Rennes – Le Théâtre National de Bretagne
30.11. FR Brest – Quartz
2025
07.03. – DK Aarhus, Musik Huset
09.03. – DE Dortmund, Konzerthaus
10.03. – BE Antwerp, Queen Elisabeth Hall
11.03. – NL Amsterdam, Carré
12.03. – FR Paris, Salle Pleyel
14.03. – UK Glasgow, Pavilion Theatre
15.03. – IRL Dublin, 3Olympia
17.03. – UK London, Royal Albert Hall
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