March 2nd, 2009 3:35pm
Tindersticks’ “The Hungry Saw”
Richard DumasHow long have people been telling me to listen to Tindersticks? At least a couple years, probably longer - at one point a label rep was so sure the Nottingham-based band and I were kismet that they sent me copies of their last two studio albums - Can Our Love… and Waiting For The Moon - not out of any PR duty but because they simply felt I needed to hear them.
The arrival last Spring of their latest album and first in five years, The Hungry Saw, proved to be the kick in the ass I needed to revisit my unintentional but now not inconsiderable Tindersticks CD collection...
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MP3:Tindersticks - “The Hungry Saw”
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