Tindersticks are an alternative band from Nottingham, England. Their sound … Read Full Bio ↴Tindersticks are an alternative band from Nottingham, England. Their sound is characterized by a synthesis of orchestral backing, lounge jazz, and soul; the lush orchestrations of multi-instrumentalist Dickon Hinchliffe and the smoky baritone of lead vocalist Stuart A. Staples are the band's hallmarks. Tindersticks have employed electric guitars, as most rock bands have done, but augment their instrumentation with a wide array of instruments: Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone, violin, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, bassoon, Hammond organ, and many more are prominently utilized in the music of Tindersticks.
The band has a cult following in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, although the eclectic and unique sound Tindersticks possesses never made significant inroads in the mainstream.
Personnel
* Stuart Ashton Staples, born 14 November 1965 - Lead voice, guitar, melodica
* Dickon James Hinchliffe, born 9 July 1967 - violin, guitar, voice, piano, string and brass arrangements
* Neil Timothy Fraser, - born 22 November 1962 - lead guitar, vibraphone
* David Leonard Boulter, born 27 February 1965 - keyboards, percussion
* Alasdair Robert De Villeneuve Macaulay, born 2 August 1965 - drums, percussion, trumpet
* Mark Andrew Colwill, born 12 May 1960 - bass guitar
The band formed in late 1991, Staples, Boulter, Frazer, Macauley and Hinchcliffe having previously been members of Asphalt Ribbons. The final band line-up for the "old horse" mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals) Dave Boulter (organ & accordion) Neil Fraser (guitar) Dickon Hinchliffe (Guitar & strings) Al Macauley (percussion & drums) John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when John Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not sure if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. Then they changed their name to Tindersticks after Stuart A. Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach.
Tindersticks started recording demo tapes in 1992, and were signed by Tippy Toe Records who released their first single, "Patchwork".
Their self-titled first and second albums established their signature sound and received widespread critical acclaim. Their live performances, often augmented by large string sections and even, on occasion, a full orchestra, were rapturously received. (The live album Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a recording of one such concert.) By the time of the third album, Curtains, however, it was clear that a change of direction was called for. There was a certain ennui to the songs, and the lengthy "Ballad of Tindersticks" was a weary swipe at the pressures of being a touring band.
The fourth album, Simple Pleasure, lived up to its title with a series of snappy, direct songs influenced by soul music. The female backing vocals on several tracks, and the respectful cover of Odyssey's "If You're Looking For A Way Out", signalled the band's wish to move towards lighter, more soulful material. However, the inner sleeve's documentation of the number of takes each track went through was evidence that the band continued to adopt a painstaking approach to recording.
The fifth album, Can Our Love, continued the band's soulful direction, in particular evidence on the tender "Sweet Release" and in the nod to the Chi-Lites in the title of "Chilitetime".
The sixth and most recent album, Waiting For The Moon, was more stripped down and introspective in nature, particularly on the harrowing "4.48 Psychosis" (based on the play of the same name by the British playwright Sarah Kane) and "Sometimes It Hurts". Only the bouncy "Just A Dog" lightened the otherwise melancholy mood of the album.
In 2005 Staples embarked on a solo career and there was resultant speculation that the band had split. Staples has so far produced two solo albums, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. The title of the second album, and Staples' notes on it, indicate that Tindersticks may indeed be at an end: "These are songs written on the verge of leaving the things I loved and stepping into a new unknown life, both musically and personally. I was always aware that these songs were the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of writing that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from."
In September 2006, the band played a one-off concert at London's Barbican Centre, performing their second album in full with a nine-member string section and two brass players, including former collaborator Terry Edwards on trumpet. This concert brought the band's members back together. A new recording process in 2007 resulted in a new album, The Hungry Saw, which was released on April 28th 2008.
In the meantime, in July 2007, Island Records had released The BBC Sessions, a double CD compilation of the band's sessions for BBC radio programmes. Also in 2007, a stripped-down line-up of three of the original band, Staples, Boulter and Fraser, spent time writing and recording in a newly-equipped studio in Limousin, France. They were joined by Thomas Belhom on drums and Dan McKinna on bass, with Ian Caple engineering. The resulting album, The Hungry Saw, was released on Beggars Banquet in April 2008. Tindersticks played a number of other European dates during the summer festival season and also announced a winter 2008 European tour.
In 2010, the eighth album Falling Down a Mountain was released on 4AD / Constellation Records with a changed band line-up, with Earl Harvin replacing Belhom on drums and David Kitt, a solo artist in his own right, joining the band on guitar and vocals.
The group's ninth album The Something Rain was released in February 2012.
As well as their nine studio albums, the band has produced the soundtracks for four films by the French director Claire Denis: Nenette et Boni,Trouble Every Day, 35 Rhums and White Material
They recorded a cover of the Four Tops song, "What Is A Man", for the theme to the British TV series The Sins.
The Tindersticks song Tiny Tears was featured prominently in the Series 1 episode "Isabella" of HBO's The Sopranos. Additionally, a version of "Running Wild" was played during the ending credits of the penultimate episode of the series, "The Blue Comet". In the Season One Finale of Brotherhood, "El Diablo En El Ojo" is used twice.
* Tindersticks (aka First Album) (This Way Up, 1993)
* Tindersticks (aka Second Album) (This Way Up, 1995)
* Curtains (This Way Up, 1997)
* Simple Pleasure (Island, 1999)
* Can Our Love... (Beggar's Banquet, 2001)
* Waiting for the Moon (Beggar's Banquet, 2003)
* BBC Sessions (2007)
On 17th October 2014, Tindersticks released the commissioned soundscapes from the In Flanders Fields WW1 museum in Ypres, Belgium.
See the band's site at www.tindersticks.co.uk.
The band has a cult following in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, although the eclectic and unique sound Tindersticks possesses never made significant inroads in the mainstream.
Personnel
* Stuart Ashton Staples, born 14 November 1965 - Lead voice, guitar, melodica
* Dickon James Hinchliffe, born 9 July 1967 - violin, guitar, voice, piano, string and brass arrangements
* Neil Timothy Fraser, - born 22 November 1962 - lead guitar, vibraphone
* David Leonard Boulter, born 27 February 1965 - keyboards, percussion
* Alasdair Robert De Villeneuve Macaulay, born 2 August 1965 - drums, percussion, trumpet
* Mark Andrew Colwill, born 12 May 1960 - bass guitar
The band formed in late 1991, Staples, Boulter, Frazer, Macauley and Hinchcliffe having previously been members of Asphalt Ribbons. The final band line-up for the "old horse" mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals) Dave Boulter (organ & accordion) Neil Fraser (guitar) Dickon Hinchliffe (Guitar & strings) Al Macauley (percussion & drums) John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when John Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not sure if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. Then they changed their name to Tindersticks after Stuart A. Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach.
Tindersticks started recording demo tapes in 1992, and were signed by Tippy Toe Records who released their first single, "Patchwork".
Their self-titled first and second albums established their signature sound and received widespread critical acclaim. Their live performances, often augmented by large string sections and even, on occasion, a full orchestra, were rapturously received. (The live album Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a recording of one such concert.) By the time of the third album, Curtains, however, it was clear that a change of direction was called for. There was a certain ennui to the songs, and the lengthy "Ballad of Tindersticks" was a weary swipe at the pressures of being a touring band.
The fourth album, Simple Pleasure, lived up to its title with a series of snappy, direct songs influenced by soul music. The female backing vocals on several tracks, and the respectful cover of Odyssey's "If You're Looking For A Way Out", signalled the band's wish to move towards lighter, more soulful material. However, the inner sleeve's documentation of the number of takes each track went through was evidence that the band continued to adopt a painstaking approach to recording.
The fifth album, Can Our Love, continued the band's soulful direction, in particular evidence on the tender "Sweet Release" and in the nod to the Chi-Lites in the title of "Chilitetime".
The sixth and most recent album, Waiting For The Moon, was more stripped down and introspective in nature, particularly on the harrowing "4.48 Psychosis" (based on the play of the same name by the British playwright Sarah Kane) and "Sometimes It Hurts". Only the bouncy "Just A Dog" lightened the otherwise melancholy mood of the album.
In 2005 Staples embarked on a solo career and there was resultant speculation that the band had split. Staples has so far produced two solo albums, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. The title of the second album, and Staples' notes on it, indicate that Tindersticks may indeed be at an end: "These are songs written on the verge of leaving the things I loved and stepping into a new unknown life, both musically and personally. I was always aware that these songs were the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of writing that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from."
In September 2006, the band played a one-off concert at London's Barbican Centre, performing their second album in full with a nine-member string section and two brass players, including former collaborator Terry Edwards on trumpet. This concert brought the band's members back together. A new recording process in 2007 resulted in a new album, The Hungry Saw, which was released on April 28th 2008.
In the meantime, in July 2007, Island Records had released The BBC Sessions, a double CD compilation of the band's sessions for BBC radio programmes. Also in 2007, a stripped-down line-up of three of the original band, Staples, Boulter and Fraser, spent time writing and recording in a newly-equipped studio in Limousin, France. They were joined by Thomas Belhom on drums and Dan McKinna on bass, with Ian Caple engineering. The resulting album, The Hungry Saw, was released on Beggars Banquet in April 2008. Tindersticks played a number of other European dates during the summer festival season and also announced a winter 2008 European tour.
In 2010, the eighth album Falling Down a Mountain was released on 4AD / Constellation Records with a changed band line-up, with Earl Harvin replacing Belhom on drums and David Kitt, a solo artist in his own right, joining the band on guitar and vocals.
The group's ninth album The Something Rain was released in February 2012.
As well as their nine studio albums, the band has produced the soundtracks for four films by the French director Claire Denis: Nenette et Boni,Trouble Every Day, 35 Rhums and White Material
They recorded a cover of the Four Tops song, "What Is A Man", for the theme to the British TV series The Sins.
The Tindersticks song Tiny Tears was featured prominently in the Series 1 episode "Isabella" of HBO's The Sopranos. Additionally, a version of "Running Wild" was played during the ending credits of the penultimate episode of the series, "The Blue Comet". In the Season One Finale of Brotherhood, "El Diablo En El Ojo" is used twice.
* Tindersticks (aka First Album) (This Way Up, 1993)
* Tindersticks (aka Second Album) (This Way Up, 1995)
* Curtains (This Way Up, 1997)
* Simple Pleasure (Island, 1999)
* Can Our Love... (Beggar's Banquet, 2001)
* Waiting for the Moon (Beggar's Banquet, 2003)
* BBC Sessions (2007)
On 17th October 2014, Tindersticks released the commissioned soundscapes from the In Flanders Fields WW1 museum in Ypres, Belgium.
See the band's site at www.tindersticks.co.uk.
Computer
Tindersticks Lyrics
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Ayreon Lost in a world created by Man I can't recall how…
Black.Virus Waiting for the revolution New clear vision, genocide Comp…
G.I. Joe Go, go, we got STK man, this bitch may already…
K-Hand If all these ships all sail away in the ice-cold fleet…
K. HAND If all these ships all sail away in the ice-cold fleet…
Karsten Glück Wo gibt's Mäuse ohne Ohren? Tastaturen ohne Klavier? Alles m…
London Yellow Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, ye…
Lungfish On the one hand you've got the law On the other…
Sheek Louch & J-Hood Hello This is Mr. J speaking Do you like dancing? Come on an…
State Shirt Do you even compute? Future home Future alone Luau fo…
The World Class Wreckin Cru Computer (Horny) computer (Horny) computer (Horny) computer …
Toyah (Willcox / Bogen / Bush) Bring on the wooden boxes Christ a…
Trans-X "Literally just want a hug, but good forbid, God for" I…
Vasilis Kazoulis Ίσωσ να φταίει η παιδεία η τεχνοκρατική Το περιβάλλον που με…
Walter Ferguson Everybody hate the monilia Monilia this and monilia that Nob…
Weena Morloch Ich lebe im Computer, Ein Leben auf dem Kabelbaum: Ein kle…
World Class Wreckin Cru Computer (Horny) computer (Horny) computer (Horny) computer …
Фиксики Computer! Computer! Computer you are super I'd play my comp…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Tindersticks:
4.48 Psychosis But you have friends What do you offer your friends to…
A Mariage Made In Heaven She fell in love with my singing She knew the bells…
A Night In I had shoes full of holes When you first took…
A Sweet Sweet Man Sweet sweet man pt. 1 --------------------------------------…
All The Love All the love All the love inside me Is on it's way Is…
Another Night In Greed's all gone now, there's no question And I can see…
Are You Trying To Fall In Love Again My my, it doesn't matter what you say From the start,…
Ballad Of Tindersticks The first time we flew it It was ? and cramped The…
Bathtime There's a city filth that lingers All over my naked…
Bear Suit I'm laying on my back She climbs over me Pricks out her…
Before You Close Your Eyes Just as your eyes are closing There was something that I…
Blood Was there once something so pure That left me whole and…
Boobar Come Back To Me Boobar come back to me I know you feel the pain…
Buried Bones I could take all the craziness out of you That's what…
Can Our Love... Finding love Now seems like the easy part Just turn round th…
Can We Start Again So many times I said that I love them Looking over my…
Carousel This old carousel keeps on turning This old carousel keeps o…
CF GF There is a need in me darling For you I can't…
Cherry Blossoms A black television screen Snow white and black Deep and open…
Chilitetime Need to find a way Find another time There's nothing I could…
Chocolate It had been the perfect Friday afternoon, the job was almos…
City Sickness I'm crawling, I don't know where to or from The centre…
Closing Look into my eyes You see trouble every day It's…
Come Feel The Sun Why don't you come out? The guards have gone They forgot the…
Come Inside Come inside I've been expecting you Been such a long time …
Dancing I understand everything I understand everything Take me in y…
Desperate Man She knows what happens when I'm without her How this ring…
Dick Don't bring that stuff to bed I've gotta fall with a…
Don See her there She hangs from me See her face She can't le…
Don't Ever Get Tired Learn to live, learn to love Learn to feel happy Learn to…
Don't Look Down See her there She hangs from me See her face She can't let…
Drunk Tank How you doing tonight? Pull the blankets tight The drunks sh…
dying slowly I've got memories I keep them away from me They won't behave…
El Diablo En El Ojo I wouldn't shut your eyes just yet I wouldn't turn the…
Everything Changes I don't know what to say anymore I don't know what…
Fast One Some kind of machine has been hollowed out inside me Don't…
Feel The Sun Why don't you come out? The guards have gone They forgot the…
Feeling Relatively Good I pretend to understand When those eyes looks onto mine Bu…
For the Beauty For the beauty Give me something to ease For it's the beauty…
For Those (n.b. this is the version from the amsterdam lp. the…
friday night I can't read signs The words just never reach my ears…
Frozen When i ... escaping Through these walls... Worked until we…
Harry Harry was a contented dog. but he awoke this morning…
Her Scared of my shadow Afraid of myself Never thought I could b…
Here I was dressed for success But success - it never comes And…
Héré Here (written by s. malkmus/s. kannberg of pavement; I was …
i It's there On top of the cupboard there Sits next to you And…
i know that loving She sinks inside me It's so beautiful Not hear her calling A…
I Want You They said our luck could change So many times now that…
I Was Your Man So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand So,…
i've been loving you to long I've been loving you too long Should stop now You're tired …
If She If I could tell you now Tell you how I feel Is…
if you If you're looking for a way out I won't stand in…
if you're looking for a way out If you're looking for a way out I won't stand in…
Jism If she'd have known She'd have shown me in I need to…
Just a Dog Out here in the street Is not where I want…
Kathleen Strange to see, (orig.: it's plain to see) the sun…
Kooks Will you stay in our lovers' story If you stay,…
Let Let's not make it into a big thing Let's not get…
Like Only Lovers Can Where do we go What do we see now Now our meeting…
Make Believe Make believe that it's OK Make believe it doesn't matter…
Marbles Her haircut, she looked pudgy and made-up In that dress grow…
marseilles sunshine The streets are so crowded But there is nobody listening S…
Medicine This medicine you want Medicine you need Medicine to get y…
Milky Teeth Well you know I'm a kisser I wanted you for that…
Mistakes Erreurs Je sais que je les porterai toute ma vie Mes erreurs…
Mockin Mockin' bird, high in the tree Looks like you've got the…
Mother Dear Was there a time when love had failed you And left…
My Autumn's Done Come Kiss all the pretty ones goodbye Give everyone a penny that…
My Oblivion She's my oblivion, It's to her I run Out on the…
My Sister Do you remember my sister? How many mistakes did she…
Nectar My letters sit on your window-sill Yellowed by the sun Writt…
Night In I had shoes full of holes When you first took…
No Man in the World Seems like so long ago now But I can still remember…
No More Affairs There's no more affairs No more fooling around There's no mo…
Not Knowing Hey, I've been wondering Where you go so late at night And…
Opening Look into my eyes You see trouble every day It?s on the…
Paco De Renaldo's Dream It was a dream I had This room was in the…
Patchwork I know it's wrong I know it's selfish It's such a short…
People Keep Comin You know I'll always wait Each time you take a step So…
Petites gouttes d You've been lying in bed for a week now Wondering how…
Piano Song Shut up I'm thinking Shut up I'm thinking Shut up I'm thinki…
Pinky in the Daylight With your lip between your nails too Your hair pinned and…
Plus De Liaisons Plus de liaisons Plus de trahisons Plus de liaisons Comment …
Pretty Words Pretty words Likes ones you've never heard Oh those pretty w…
Put Your Love In Me Put your love in me Babe I need you now and forever. Put…
Raindrops Silence is here again tonight The silence is here again toni…
Rented Room There's the same hotel, and we can go there now We…
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Running Wild Running wild through my mind that I can't sleep tonight Runn…
say goodbye to the city Let's take a ride, say goodbye to the city I've…
Seaweed Would you prefer a stone That I chose for you? That lay…
See My Girls As I sit here attending my news stand The water lapping…
Shadow Shadow you'll bring me down But every day I love you…
She She's gone And it's quiet now Took her mother with her …
She's Gone She's gone And it's quiet now Took her mother with her Left…
Show Me Everything Complexities... Treacheries... We watch through glass we see…
Sleepy Song Tell me I can think right Am I going home tonight Or staying…
Slippin' Shoes And this feeling breaks But my desire to give So much that…
Snowy In F Did you ever wonder what's inside that keeps us together? Di…
Snowy In F# Minor Did you ever wonder what's inside that keeps us together? D…
Snowy In F♯ Minor Did you ever wonder what's inside that keeps us together? Di…
Sometimes It Hurts You're wasting your time coming 'round here What got you to…
Sometimes it Hurts (Duet with you're waisting your time coming round here what got you t…
Somtimes It Hurts You're wasting your time coming 'round here What got you to…
Sweet Sweet sweet man pt. 1 --------------------------------------…
Sweet Memory Watching the days go by Isn't half the fun it…
Sweet Release It's too long till I see you again It's too long…
Sweet Sweet Man Sweet sweet man pt. 1 --------------------------------------…
Sweet Sweet Man Part 3 So they put me down, back where I started from But…
Sweet Sweet Man Pt. 1 She sang for me, her heart on her tongue She sang…
Sweet Sweet Man Pt. 2 I lay awake that night, listening to her breathing Thinking…
Sweet Sweet Man Pt. 3 So they put me down, back where I started from But…
Sweet, Sweet Man, Part 1 She sang for me, her heart on her tongue She sang…
Take Care In Your Dreams From those places so sure You can fall so far In those…
Talk to Me Talk to me darling Before you throw it away Look into these…
Tea Stain instrumental…
The Amputees We are the amputees Cut off at our knees Something's ticklin…
The Fast One Some kind of machine has been hollowed out inside me Don't…
The Flicker Of A Little Girl Was that the flicker of a little girl? (Some moments our…
The Girl On Death Row Her eyes were once so full of dreams Her young heart…
The Hungry Saw Mean smiles when the devil drives He's been driving the old…
The Not Knowing Hey, I've been wondering Where you go so late at night And…
The Other Side Of The World On the other side of the world is an island The…
The Turns We Took The turns we took to get here The turns we took…
The Waiting Room Hanging around Another day Waiting for collection Feeling bl…
This Fire of Autumn Everything we cannot keep The rains to be left behind Meet…
This Heart Of Mine I've been watching you play Getting caught And when you turn…
Tie-Dye The sheet that was cut Caught the blood Was opened The sheet…
Tindersticks Another night in Greed's all gone now, there's no question …
Tiny Tears You've been lying in bed for a week now Wondering how…
Tonight Are You Trying To F My my, it doesn't matter what you say From the start,…
Travelling Light There are places I don't remember There are times and days…
Trees Fall The hum, somebody turned off the hum Has the juice run…
Tricklin Tricklin' through my mind Tickles Tricklin' through my min…
Tricklin' Tricklin' through my mind Tickles Tricklin' through my mind …
Trouble Every Day Look into my eyes You see trouble every day It's on the…
Trying to Find a Home Still trying to find a reason Still trying to find…
Tyed The sheep that was cut Cut for blood Was opened The sheep th…
Until the Morning Comes My hands 'round your throat If I kill you now, well,…
Untitled Nothing came under The rays remained in the sun that day A…
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