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The first 2010 release set for 4AD will be “Falling Down A Mountain” the label debut from Tindersticks, a band who need no introduction. 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 The band have since become a more productive force with downtime between these records being non-existent; “From nervous beginnings, a new unity and sense of direction grew. Where once our touring days were spent hanging around, killing time, now we found ourselves cobbling together acoustic rehearsals for new ideas in dressing rooms and venue corridors. There was a growing need to make something new and we quickly started working in our studio in France.” Falling Down A Mountain, their eighth long-player, 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.” Falling Down A Mountain is due out January 2010 through 4AD/ Remote Control. www.remotecontrol.com.au |
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