Tindersticks is the second album by the British alternative band Tindersticks, released in 1995. It is often referred to as The Second Tindersticks Album to distinguish it from the band's first album, which was also called Tindersticks. It reached no. 13 in the UK Albums Chart.
On 17 September 2006, the album was performed live in its entirety at the Barbican Centre in London, as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. The concert was the last time the original six members of Tindersticks played together.
The album's artwork features black and white photographs of the band being fitted for suits at Timothy Everest's atelier in London; the front cover shows guitarist Neil Fraser. The band's keyboard and accordion player David Boulter recalled in 2003 that "we'd always worn very ill-fitting second-hand suits, shirts, whatever, and, as a treat for our hard work, we arranged to have a tailor-made suit each. I could never be seen without my Timothy Everest suit for a long time after. Phil Nicholls took photos of the fitting, which became the sleeve."
Tindersticks is the second album by chamber pop band Tindersticks. Their sound is dominated by the distinctive sound of the voice of the lead singer. I heard them live on several occasions and then he is even more impressive. The album consists mostly of slow songs ("Talk to Me", "No More Affairs", "Mistakes") and ballads like the wonderful duet "Travelling Light".
Never heard of Tindersticks before… but I feel like I heard this lead singer’s distinctive voice somewhere before. Couldn’t figure it out, but I think there is another album that reminds me of this sound on the list.
Regardless, this is a beautiful album. Love the orchestration, the vocals, the songs - this was a great soundtrack for my evening. The duet “Traveling Light” was really nice… then you get the partially-spoken-word Cherry Blossoms with that sparse piano plinking out a melody. It all hit me just right. Really love this!
It's very tempting to call this Discount Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
The similarities are pretty strong - so much so that apart from Cave's voice being rather different to Staples, one could fairly easily mistake one for the other.
That being said - both are very good acts, and this is a good album.
A pleasant album with a unique vocalist. I was reminded, at times, of Morphine and Future Islands. I didn't enjoy this as much as either of those, though.
I ended up really liking this after it didn't make a great initial impression of me. More moody and atmospheric than I was expecting. Enjoyed it for sure.
I felt a definite affection for this, though it could be uncharitably characterized as mumbled, signing-adjacent monologuing over noodly improvisational elevator music covers. Musically and lyrically it's quite a bit more than that, though it wouldn’t kill the singer to speak up a bit more and enunciate. Extra point for chutzpa.
Wasn’t really in the mood for an hour+ of bargain bin Nick Cave. The LP is well-constructed, but these sparse, gloomy talkathon pieces always feel more audiobook than album to me.
Hmm. It’s pretty, yes. I like the aural pastiche painted, mmm. The lyrical content is evocative and ardent, sure.
Does it make me want to listen again? Mehhhhh….
Both of their first two albums are maybe called Tindersticks and I have accidentally listened to parts of and both are too long and we don't need to post anymore 22 track albums Wikipedia says are 'chamber pop' okay? Per my rules I didn't finish so it's a 1
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