Stuart staples leaving songs

Tindersticks' recording journey began over two decades ago, in a kitchen in Kilburn, London, where the band made demo recordings for their debut album by the same name.

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The bulk of the band's album, The Waiting Room , was recorded there and features brass arrangements by longtime collaborator Julian Siegel, a guest vocal from Jehnny Beth of the band Savages, and a poignant duet with the late Lhasa de Sela. A visual companion, The Waiting Room Film Project , features short film interpretations of each album track by several directors, including Claire Denis.

The tour includes a number of cine-concerts with the band performing the songs live to the projected films. Stuart Staples spoke with me about this ambitious project, his studio, and how the band makes and records their music. How did the collaborative film project for The Waiting Room come about? I was invited to be on the jury of the experimental section at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.

This was long before we were making the record, and I thought there would be a time frame to make an album, as well as collaborate with filmmakers. The album started to exist in sketch form at the end of At that point the conversation started with festivals, and we began to pair directors with songs we thought would be right for them. The album mixing finished in June [], and the films were ready by September.

It gradually worked out, but it could have stopped and fallen any step of the way. Did knowing the songs would be visually interpreted influence how you made The Waiting Room album? I think the album is part of our line of work. We are not thinking about images when we are writing, arranging, and recording.