Tindersticks Release New Album 'Soft Tissue' + Announce First US Tour in 16 Years

Tindersticks Release New Album Soft Tissue via City Slang Announce First US Tour in 16 Years, Making Stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Big Ears Festival

Artwork by Sidonie Osborne Staples “From 70s soul to glowing strings, the cult outfit continue to illuminate the fringes of pop music, celebrating the beauty in small things” – The Guardian ★★★★ “Album Of The Week”

September 13, 2024: Today, UK-based, “sophisticated indie vets” (BrooklyVegan) Tindersticks released their 14th studio album Soft Tissue via City Slang. The band has also announced their first US tour in 16 years next year that will make stops in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN from March 27-30.  Soft Tissue received early acclaim from outlets like BrooklynVegan, KCRW, Stereogum, Under The Radar and Vogue, who deemed frontman Stuart Staples “the consummate baroque pop singer.” In their 4 star review, Mojo proclaimed, "Soft Tissue is a magnificent reminder that few people know better how to arrange life’s broken pieces, how to orchestrate the chaos,” while Uncut declared the collection is “Stuart Staples’ crew at their best.” Last month, the band released the official video for “Always A Stranger” that was directed by Stuart Staples and shot by guitarist Neil Fraser.  Soft Tissue is the band’s first release of original material following their original soundtrack to Claire Denis’ 2022 film The Stars At Noon, starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn and released in the US via A24. Since her 1996 feature Nénette and Boni, Denis (High Life, Beau Travail) has worked in some capacity with Stuart Staples of Tindersticks on the distinctive music in her films. About Soft Tissue, Staples adds: “Musically, it seemed that since 2016’s 'The Waiting Room', the band's output had been reactionary. The last two Tindersticks have been so opposed to each other - 2019’s 'No Treasure But Hope’ was an extremely naturalistic recording process - due in part as a reaction to the previous few years of experimental projects (High Life, Minute Bodies) and in turn as a reaction to this purity 2021’s 'Distractions’ became one of the bands most dense, experimental albums. It felt like time to stop lurching to these extremes and to find a way to marry the rigor of the songwriting and the joy of the band playing together with a more hard-nosed experimental approach.” “In this band, I think that there’s so much… I was going to say talent but it’s got nothing to do with talent, really, it’s about that desire, that need to reach for something and to go to places you haven’t been. And I feel that comes from everybody. I didn’t feel as though there was any kind of restriction about, or any dogma about, what this record could be, beyond where it takes us and what excites us.” 2024: 09.30 – CZ Prague – Hybernia Theatre 10.02-04 – AT Vienna – Akzent 10.05 – DE Munich – Prinzregententheater 10.06 – DE Leipzig – Schauspiel 10.07 – DE Berlin – Theater des Westens 10.09 – SE Stockholm – Göta Lejon 10.10 – NO Oslo – Sentrum Scene 10.11 – DK Gothenburg – Pustervik 10.12 – DK Copenhagen – Konservatoriets Koncertsal 10.13 – DE Hamburg – Kampnagel 10.15 – NL Eindhoven – Muziekgebouw 10.16 – NL Utrecht – Tivoli 10.17 – BE Brussels – Cirque Royale 10.21 – UK Brighton – Dome 10.23 – UK Manchester – New Century 10.24 – UK Bristol – Beacon 10.25 – UK Birmingham – Town Hall 10.26 – UK Sheffield – The Octagon 10.29 – ISL Reykjavik – Háskólabíó 10.31 – IT Parma – Teatro Al Parco 11.02 – GR Athens – Christmas Theatre 11.04 – ES Madrid – Colliseum 11.06 – ES Barcelona – Palau de la Musica 11.08 – PT Covilhã – Teatro Municipal da Covilhã 11.09 – PT Leiria – Teatro José Lúcio Da Silva 11.10 – PT Aveiro – Teatro Aveirense 11.11 – PT Porto – Casa da Música 11.12 – PT Lisbon – Aula Magna 11.15 – FR Biarritz – L’Atabal 11.16 – FR Toulouse – Halle aux Grains 11.17 – FR Lyon – L’Opera 11.18 – FR Annecy – Bonlieu 11.20 – FR Merignac – Le Pin Galant 11.21 – FR La Rochelle – L’Espace Encan 11.23 – FR Cherbourg – Le Trident 11.26 – FR Rouen – Théâtre Des Arts 11.27-28 – FR Nantes – Le Lieu Unique 11.29 – FR Rennes – Le Théâtre National de Bretagne 11.30 – FR Brest – Le Quartz 2025: 03.06 – DE Bremen – Die Glocke 03.07 – DK Arhus – Musik Huset 03.09 – DE Dortmund – Konzerthaus 03.10 – BE Antwerp – Koningin Elisabethzaal 03.11 – NL Amsterdam – Le Carré 03.12 – FR Paris – Salle Pleyel 03.14 – UK Glasgow – Pavilion Theatre 03.15 – IRL Dublin – 3Olympia 03.17 – UK London – Royal Albert Hall USA & CANADA 03.27 – New York, NY – Sony Hall - Tickets 03.28 – New York, NY – Sony Hall - Tickets 03.27-30 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival - Tickets 04.01 – Montreal, QC – Outremont Theatre - Tickets 04.02 – Montreal, QC – Outremont Theatre - Tickets 04.04 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Tickets 04.06 – Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theatre - Tickets 04.08 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore - Tickets 04.10 – Chicago, IL – Athenaeum Center - Tickets

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Credit: Neil Fraser