Concert - Tindersticks

Masters in the art of putting spleen to music, the Tindersticks always manage to strike a chord with their listeners, with an uncanny class and rare elegance, inspired by the silky folk intimism of Leonard Cohen, the panoramic visions of Ennio Morricone and John Barry, and the mournful strains of Nick Cave. A few strummed guitar notes, refined orchestrations, light touches of piano and, above all, Stuart Staples' ever more sepulchral voice are enough to create melancholy masterpieces with hushed, twilight ambiences, somewhere between baroque pop and chiaroscuro rock.

Live, their music takes on all its power, revealing passionate versions of their compositions.