Music Review

Tindersticks (1995)

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Aug 22, 1995; Lead Performance: Tindersticks; Genre: Rock

Imagine an Ennio Morricone film score with vocals by Leonard Cohen, and you've got an idea of Tindersticks' sound. Lead singer Stuart Staples utters poetic proclamations in a slo-mo basso profundo, while the eclectic music-fun ereal organs, skittish strings, blaring horns-creates alluring atmospheres of grief, isolation, and desire. A-

Originally posted Aug 25, 1995 Published in issue #289-290 Aug 25, 1995 Order article reprints
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