The Something Rain
On Tindersticks' ninth album, their best with their retooled lineup, the pop-noir balladeers strike the sweet spot between experimental sprawl and sultry soul.
Now in their third decade as a band and second phase of their career after a five-year hiatus, Nottingham’s Tindersticks smartly open The Something Rain with a maneuver aimed against any assumed legacy-act complacence. At just over nine minutes and barely less than 1,200 words, “Chocolate” is the longest song in the…
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