I'm posting about experimental folk. Tunng from the UK, in particular.Though I have little to nothing to do with this genre, I can't help it, I like their song Bullets so much and it has a beautiful new video!(maybe I like Bullets 'cause it's not _that_ folky? I wonder)Speaking of Tunng beautiful videos, It's Because...We've Got Hair:Check out the Tunng MOG love by Jenny, Puffy, Kate and Michae...
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It looks like I've been Mogging for two years to the day (i.e. Monday). It was the one time I had nothing to say but then my favorite unloved album of last year came up on iTunes and I started thinking of songs, years, decades.visceral thing, intangible song;things i've known seem to fall away.here i go again.~ Tunng1984. Gothic rock was relocating Seventies punk. I'd crossed unscathed from Dur...
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You've probably heard that Harp is kaput, which is a drag from any number of perspectives, but one of them is that the stuff that they haven't published will never be published. I'm going to put it here. You'll have to squint a little to imagine the photos and glossy paper and neat typefaces, but you're all imaginative, creative people. I'm sure you can do it.RIP Harp. It was fun.The tip of...
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TunngGood ArrowsFull Time Hobby/Thrill JockeyTo the 18-35 set passive aggression is seen as a generally bad thing; no one likes to be told something nasty in a sweet way, no one likes little pseudo-cute notes left on their toilet seats, refrigerators or desks informing them that “…it’d be great if we could go ahead and do it this way from now on....”. However, when it comes to music, passi
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Tunng, Geoff Farina and Brown Bird Live in CambridgeMiddle EastCambridge, MA USAOctober 25, 2007by Jennifer Kelly Who ever thought that Tunng would be such a party?The British band Tunng has been steadily moving away from it origins in delicate electronic folk towards a poppier, more exuberant sound. The newest album Good Arrows bobs and weaves giddily, its hooky melodies couched in three- and ...
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Tunng, the British electronic/folk/pop duo that has recently grown into a band, has a new album out, called Good Arrows. It’s very fine, as you’d expect if you’ve heard either of their previous albums, but maybe a bit more conventionally pop…anyway, my Dusted review went up today, and here’s the beginning:In the past several years, Tunng has evolved from a studio-only, sound-pasting, me
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Just got this album, this song is a HIT if it ever gets played once, just a great bizarre pop song and it reminds me of very early Pink Floyd. Anyone who can write tunes as catchy as this and Bricks - and check out the first verse to the latter - The bicycles inside your skullSend you away and off you goInto the streets where all the pretty girls collect their thoughts for youand pin them up to...
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I'm really stressed with uni at the moment, but today I was muchly cheered up by this song. And indeed the rest of the album. How can you not love a song whose only lyric is 'soup!' and whose intro is a horse race commentary with soup-slurping noises in the background?!
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after a fitful night of unpleasant dreams, i awoke to a leaden gray sky & the prospect of going outside, only to get wet... not really wet, just with drizzle, the kind that soaks you to the bone, without the dignity to be called "rain". the leaden sky was ominous in its' resolve...fuck it...got to work eventually, buzzed off recording a true talent for a couple of hours, then tripped off, caugh...
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personally i don't really care... this record has been buzzing around my head for at least the last 6 months... & seems quite happy to stay there. it never dissapoints & always leaves something fresh in its' wake...try it for yourself at: http://www.tunng.co.uk/audio.htmif anyone likes & is near Leeds, they're playing at the Faversham on october 19th, i'll be somewhe...
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It hasn’t been too long since Tunng has had us mesmerized with Comments Of The Inner Chorus. I could still enjoy this tender mellowness on my iPod really. Low like vocals, Akron/Family like musical structure along with some The Microphones/Khonnor-ish sounds; this band has been a favorite of mine ever since I was grabbed by Woodcat.After almost a year, Tunng are releasing a new record called Go.
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Trying to explain Tunng's unique take on experimental folk is like trying to explain to a four year-old the current economical climate and so; instead of trying to define their sound ourselves, we'll let the beach ball do the talking.
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This is "Tale From Black". I love the way this song builds, similar to a rave song but done with a folk framework. It is very nice.
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It seems like these guys are everywhere. It's taken me a while to cotton to them and I am still not sure...I don't like this record beginning to end (maybe that's asking too much) but there are a few real oddball tracks that I really dig.Like Sufjan Stevens, Tunng's music feels very cinematic to me...A lot of these songs sound so evocative. Of what, I am not sure, but it definitely has an effe...
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