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Tunng - ...And Then We Saw Land - 2010 - SiRE

Tunng - ...And Then We Saw Land (2010)

 Artiest: Tunng
 Album: ...And Then We Saw Land
 Jaar: 2010
 Bitrate: 
 Genre: Electronic / Folk 
 Label: Thrill+Jockey
 Land: Verenigd Koninkrijk
 MusicMeter link : .musicmeter.nl/album/186108
 Rating: 4 stemmen | met een gemiddelde van 3,87 (MusicMeter)

Title:    ...And Then We Saw Land
Label:    Full Time Hobby
Genre:    Indie
Bitrate:  191kbit av.
Time:     00:47:23
Size:     67.99 mb
Rip Date: 2010-02-26
Str Date: 2010-03-01

01. Hustle                                                        4:28
02. It Breaks                                                     3:29
03. Don't Look Down Or Back                                       4:58
04. The Roadside                                                  5:13
05. October                                                       3:49
06. Sashimi                                                       3:06
07. With Whiskey                                                  3:41
08. By Dusk They Were In The City                                 5:15
09. These Winds                                                   1:39
10. Santiago                                                      3:31
11. Weekend Away                                                  8:14

Release Notes:

A quiet and oh-so English revolution has swept through folkie
collective Tunng since their last album, 2007Æs Good Arrows. Not only
have they lost founding member, singer and once-chief songwriter Sam
Genders, theyÆve added a new lyricist, renewed their acquaintance with
electronic experimentation and embraced their inner adventurer. And,
like all revolutions before they turn into despotic dictatorships, itÆs
been a revealing, liberating experience.

It wasnÆt easy, however. Troubled by collective writersÆ block, they
embarked on a tour last year with desert bluesmen Tinariwen, finding
common ground in their very different musical heritages that produced a
snaky, loose-limbed hybrid of both bandsÆ work that freed up their
minds. Their asses, as George Clinton once predicted, soon followed,
and after three albums that gradually toned down the blips and
squelches, àAnd Then We Saw Land is littered with electronic flourishes
which take Tunng far beyond the æfolktronicaÆ tag theyÆve been handed.
In fact, if you look at it from the other direction, theyÆve become
less a folk band with bleepy bits and more the acoustic Hot Chip.

This set is dazzling in its breadth. The most traditional track here,
the almost a cappella These Winds, could be a group of pub singers by a
forest inn fireside, and yet itÆs sandwiched between By Dusk They Were
in the City, which features a Thin Lizzy-esque guitar solo, and
Santiago, which circles a cute synth melody and looped handclaps. And
then there is The Roadside. If it was played by robots it would be
hailed as Kraftwerk at their epic best; if it was shrouded in layers of
guitars small indie boys would be throwing their caps in the air that
SpiritualizedÆs return was nigh. But it isnÆt. ItÆs largely acoustic
but has all the repetitive, explosive, shuddering and gliding hallmarks
of a Motorik classic or an indie gospel masterpiece.

Throughout, there is a sense of rebirth, nowhere more so than in the
voice of Becky Jacobs. This is the first time on an album sheÆs taken
centre stage, and her new-found confidence swims through everything
else.

Tunng were always the eccentric cousins of British folk: a band born in
a basement that played seat-of-the-pants shows with Malian freedom
fighters, at ease with traditional folk music as cut up loops and
samples. That, however, is a world theyÆve outgrown. Instead of
shadowing the pack, this album puts them right up the front.