tindersticks by Julien Bourgeois
tindersticks have gone long on its first single.
tindersticks are preparing for the release of their new Distractions on February 19th with the 11-minute loop of ‘Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)’.
“This song was always a journey but I wasn’t expecting it to be such a long one,” Stuart A. Staples comments. “We made a 6 minute version but it felt like it pulled off and stopped half way to its destination.”
“This was the beginning of a long journey in itself, to find the route needed to complete it – probably the biggest challenge a song or piece of music has given us. It was delicate and slippery right up to the final mix, which lasted a week!”
“For me the song has a strange connection to the drum machine, bass guitar and voice combination of ‘Indignant Desert Birds’ – mine and Neils first band when I was 17. It was important to me that the words of the song were not a coherent narrative, but passing thoughts along the way.”
Distractions tracklist:
Man alone (can’t stop the fadin’)
I imagine you
A man needs a maid
Lady with the braid
You’ll have to scream louder
Tue-moi
The bough bends
