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FFOf: Tindersticks, Pulp, Prog-Rock, Disco 'The Melancholy Death of¦ follows the release in 2002 of the Giraffe album, a comp of early singles and outtakes, and encompasses genres as diverse as prog-rock, folktronica and disco against a backdrop of lush, orchestral pop.
They have been played by John Peel, and had a page feature in Careless Talk Costs Lives. The core group members have been together since 2000, when they first met in the snooker halls and lending libraries of Nottingham.
TCE have taken their influences and sifted them through their own music filter to produce what is simply the most musically inventive record of 2005. Dismiss them at your peril.
"A glorious cross-pollination of B&S folksiness and Tindersticks melancholy with a twisted experimental heart" Uncut
Tracklisting:
1. Starlite Ballroom
2. 2:30am : Killing Puffins
3. Glue + Paper
4. You're The Prettiest Thing
5. Thoughts On Gravity
6. Good Morning
7. Stopped Clocks
8. What Are We Good For
9. I Remember
10. We Were Never Wrong
11. I Wish I Could Cry
Through these strange and uncertain times it is sometimes a little hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel but this is where The Moons have stepped in. This long player is an album full of colour and raw songwriting recorded live in the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios. With cinematic string arrangements and masterclass songwriting from the pen of singer/songwriter Andy Crofts this album will be your happy escape.
'Most of this album had been unintentionally sat in my pocket for quite some time. Songs that I had written and forgotten about or had just lost their way and left unfinished. So that is why I wanted the album to simply be named Pocket Melodies. I had this inner feeling to pull them all together and it turned out my favourite Moons record.' Andy Crofts
Pocket Melodies takes you on a journey of glorious melodies leading you through love, romance, nostalgia, regret and unity.
'I wanted to be true to myself with this record. My best strength is writing melodic pop songs so I just let it all flow as I wanted this album to be soaked in colour and completely natural. There's no pretence, it's just straight up pop songs. I have always worn my heart on my sleeve when it comes to my feelings and I think you can hear this in the lyrics this time.' Andy Crofts
The album features singles Riding Man and Today which received high praise and championed on BBC London and Radio X and a collaboration with Paul Weller on the song Tunnel Of Time.
"I wrote all of the songs on the album except Tunnel Of Time which is a collaboration between myself and Paul Weller. He once approached me with a little idea and we slowly worked at it in dressing rooms etc until I took it away and put it all together. Its a nice little song and im glad it found a home with The Moons." Andy Crofts