Falling Down a Mountain
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Album • Jan 25 / 2010 • 10 songs, 44m 23s
Chamber Pop
Popular
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The veteran UK band continues to re-locate itself on this, its second album since the departure of three of its original six members.
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Tindersticks frontman Stuart Staples has a heady baritone that vibrates on a frequency not too far removed from an amplified guitar with superior sustain. On the band’s early albums, Staples’ voice was often the main attraction; while the other Tindersticks plucked idly, sawed softly, blew gently, and tapped lightly,…
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As the slightly discordant trumpet weaves sleazily across the opening bars of the title track, it could be 1995 all over again.