Tindersticks For Rare U.S. Tour

Finally getting over here to promote their Constellation album The Hungry Saw.

By Fred Mills

For the first time in over five years the Tindersticks are headed to these shores. The UK band is still basking in the critical kudos for this year's The Hungry Saw, and anyone who's seen the band before can testify that in concert the group is utterly captivating, serving up, as the band's label puts it, "expertly conjured complex emotions and double-edged narratives through a sultry, swirling, finely orchestrated music that is gently uplifting, beautifully arranged, and shot through with dark tension."

Vocalist Stuart Staples' expressive, at times world-weary, but always passionate, voice has a lot to do with all that of course, but the large ensemble is a keenly-meshing group bringing scores of influences and musical gifts to the table. "In a live setting they mesmerize old fans and new with a profoundly literate and deeply moving song cycle that pulls from the group's majestic back catalogue while also featuring brilliant arrangements of the superb new album.... They create a kaleidoscope of gently stirring tunes balanced and emboldened by beautiful instrumental moments all topped by Staples' uniquely poignant voice."

The live band is a 7-piece, featuring founding members Stuart Staples (voice, guitar), David Boulter (organ, keyboards) and Neil Fraser (guitar), the new rhythm section of Dan McKinna (bass) and Thomas Belhom (drums), and Terry Edwards (brass) and Andrew Nice (cello). 

Read our review of the album HERE.


Tindersticks Tour Dates:

Wed. Mar. 4    Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
Thu.  Mar. 5    Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
Fri.    Mar. 6    Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Sat.    Mar. 7    Boston, MA @ Somerville Theatre
Mon. Mar. 9    Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Tue.   Mar. 10  Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Wed.  Mar. 12  Chicago, IL @ Epiphany Episcopal Church

[photo credit: Richard Dumas]