Curtains

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Total Tracks: 15   Total Length: 60:31

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Curtains finds Tindersticks exploring the same dark, string-drenched territory as their first two albums, and while it shares a surface similarity with its predecessors, there are subtle differences that make it a rewarding listen. The tone of Curtains is slightly brighter than that of the second album, with the songs unfolding into lush, affecting laments that recall Scott Walker at his finest. Though the sound is seductive, what is most impressive about Curtains is the songwriting. The Tindersticks have become more assured writers, letting the songs gradually develop into intimate epics. Stuart Staples’ lyrics are similarly textured and subtle, with alternating layers of pathos and humor. Curtains, in many ways, functions as the culmination of what the Tindersticks set out to accomplish with their first two albums, and the results are appropriately stunning. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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  • 04.26.12 tindersticks are confirmed to play this year's Summer Series at Somerset House on Sunday, 15 July! Tickets: http://t.co/2zy7djZN
  • 03.28.12 new tour date added: tindersticks play the Atelier Babylon in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday 13 May! Tickets on sale: http://t.co/N1IYmeEI
  • 03.23.12 tindersticks to play the Poolbar Festival in Austria on 25 July! Tickets: http://t.co/dtP7O6Sv Festival link: http://t.co/Jq0wBApn
  • 03.21.12 Polish tindersticks fans: we play the Palladium in Warsaw on 9 May! Tickets on sale 26 Mar from http://t.co/udfNFYHB & http://t.co/wJF7UUZF
  • 03.21.12 tindersticks play @Beauregard2012 Festival in Herouville St Clair, France, on Sat 7th July! Tickets: http://t.co/BaeOQfa1
  • 03.07.12 The tindersticks session recorded last week at RadioKulturhaus in Vienna will be broadcast TONIGHT by FM4 from 9pm CET: http://t.co/izBq7cg8
  • 03.06.12 Three new tindersticks shows confirmed: Budapest 12 May, Zagreb 14 May & Ljubljana 15 May. Ticket info: http://t.co/zLWCPi9w
  • 03.05.12 Watch tindersticks' new video for "A Night So Still" at @QMagazine http://t.co/P7HMz8iL
  • 03.05.12 Tonight ARTE TV will streaming our show live from Le Trianon in Paris! Stream available from 9pm CET at: http://t.co/mAtqQS8f #tindersticks
  • 03.02.12 tindersticks have just been announced to play the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland 31/08 - 02/09. Tickets on sale! http://t.co/5ieTXmvR
  • 02.29.12 The good folks at @theQuietus did a big in-depth retrospective interview with tindersticks: http://t.co/A1l3aCjo
  • 02.23.12 Tindersticks: The Something Rain | Album Reviews | Pitchfork (via @pitchforkmedia) http://t.co/A6GT8FBf