In the illimitable words of MLB legend Mark McGwire, “Do you want to know the shocking truth? Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers!?!”
In other words: who the hell cares WHY the “English indie rock band” Tindersticks haven’t put out any original music since 2012’s pretty-killer The Something Rain! All that ACTUALLY matters is that they JUST ANNOUNCED a new one! Like, right this second. And here we are reporting it to you. I mean: YAY! HOORAY!!! That’s fucking JOURNALISM.
Anyway, speaking of journalism: this earth-shattering, balls-jittering new record is called The Waiting Room, and it’s coming at us like a fastball on January 22 via the City Slang record label. We also know for a stone-cold figgaty-fact that each track on the album will be “accompanied by a short film, a visual interpretation by its own director, featuring Christoph Girardet, Pierre Vinour, Claire Denis, Rosie Pedlow and Joe King, Gregorio Graziosi, Richard Dumas and Gabriel Sanna.”
Don’t believe me? Well, I’ll prove it to you: check out the short film for a new track featuring Jehnny Beth of Savages (directed by by Gabriel Sanna) and a duet with Lhasa De Sela right down below. (Damn, I hope it shows up down there. Please god, please god, please god, please god…)
The Waiting Room can be pre-ordered here. Check out its tracklist below, followed by confirmed dates for 2016.
01. Follow Me
02. Second Chance Man
03. Were We Once Lovers?
04. Help Yourself
05. Hey Lucinda (feat. Lhasa De Sela)
06. This Fear of Emptiness
07. How He Entered
08. The Waiting Room
09. Planting Holes
10. We are Dreamers! (feat. Jehnny Beth)
11. Like Only Lovers Can
The Waiting Room Cine-Concert live events:
02.11.16 - Clermont-Ferrand, FR - Clermont-Ferrand ISFF
02.13-14.16 - Berlin, DE - Volksbuehne
04.19-21.16 - Paris, FR - Le Bouffes du Nord
04.26.16 - Copenhagen, DK - Chp Pix
04.29.16 - London, UK - The Barbican
• Tindersticks: http://www.tindersticks.co.uk
• City Slang: http://www.cityslang.com