Across Six Leap Years

The songs from Tindersticks' new collection of reworkings, Across Six Leap Years, don't stray far from the original pieces, instead acting as tasteful updates that add a dab of cohesion.

The melancholy chamber romantics celebrate 21 years together by re-recording a selection of career outposts, strings and mumbled baritone intact.

One has to wonder at the motivation behind Tindersticks' Across Six Leap Years.

You've got to admire Tindersticks' endurance. Somehow, Stuart A. Staples' ensemble has managed to make it beyond the 20-year mark. That's despite the cinematic pretensions, the lack of any discernible hit, and, perhaps most impressively, Staples' own inim

Over an illustrious 21-year career, Tindersticks have been a lot of things, but I’m not sure they’ve ever been baffling before.