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- Artist(s): Martin Smith, Ashley Bates, Mike Lindsay, Phil Winter
- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release for the British folktronica was inspired by Max Porter’s novel Grief is The Thing with Feathers.
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- Record Label: Full Time Hobby
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Indie Folk
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Nov 9, 2020Tunng presents Dead Club may be their darkest album to date but it is arguably their finest too. ... A creative peak even for a band with more than 15 years’ experience together.
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Nov 9, 2020A concept album about death and grief during a pandemic? Now there’s bravery. Fortunately, Tunng bring a characteristically light touch to these tender, if not taboo subjects.
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Nov 9, 2020What Tunng have shown with Presents…Dead Club is that addressing grief and death doesn’t have to be devastating. It can be thought-provoking. It can also be simply pleasurable.
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MojoNov 9, 2020Proceedings occasionally veer toward earnestness, but gorgeous textures of clarinets, guitars and synthesizers keep the project bracingly alive. [Dec 2020, p.82]
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Nov 9, 2020The death-centered storytelling of both the lyrics and podcast excerpts works well with Tunng's ever-ambitious blend of mystical folk and futuristic pop, and ultimately Dead Club's perspectives on the great beyond come off as curious and playful where they could have skewed far more fatalistic.
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UncutNov 9, 2020As odd and beautiful as it is thoughtful and contemplative. [Dec 2020, p.39]
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