Distractions: Vinyl LP

Just before the end of the year 2020, a mere 12 months, after the release of their celebrated record No Treasure But Hope, Tindersticks surprised everyone with mentioning a new album to be released in 2021.

Stuart Staples was already nurturing seeds for a different kind of Tindersticks album before lockdown halted their tour in early 2020, singer. If 2019s No Treasure but Hope saw the band rediscovering themselves as a unit, the follow-up reconfigures that unit so that everything familiar about Tindersticks sounds fresh again. Distractions is an album of subtle realignments and connections from a restless, intuitive band: rich in texture and atmosphere, it lives between its open spaces and details, always finding new ways to connect with a song.

If its an album that resists easy summation, at least one thing is clear: though it isnt untouched by the lockdown, Distractions is not a lockdown album. As Staples says, I think the confinement provided an opportunity for something that was already happening. It is definitely a part of the album, but not a reaction to it.

Tracklist:
Side A
1. Man alone (cant stop the fadin) (11:07)
2. I imagine you (05:36)
3. A man needs a maid (04:42)

Side B
4. Lady with the braid (06:59)
5. Youll have to scream louder (05:13)
6. Tue-moi (03:33)
7. The bough bends (09:35)