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Mar 13, 2012Its funereal funk can be hard to shake off; its catchiest hooks stain and discolor.
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Feb 17, 2012The Something Rain sounds like a band in their prime, switching between styles effortlessly and enjoying a new lease of life.
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Feb 16, 2012A record built on restraint, tinged by poignancy and wrapped up in poetic human emotion. Quite wonderful.
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Feb 23, 2012With The Something Rain, Tindersticks provide a wholly convincing reminder that they are, by definition, an incendiary device.
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Jul 20, 2012None of these songs are entitled to be the album's best and none of them work towards anything other than creating the quiet, gloomy album that it is. And yet there's so much of this focus given to each song.
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Q MagazineMar 14, 2012Forget diminishing returns, The Something Rain keeps Tindersticks' value high. [April 2012, p.105]
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Mar 2, 2012The Something Rain is not just the band's best since they reconvened in 2008; measured against their earlier work, these nine songs shadow the younger Tindersticks in all kinds of compelling ways, trading in youthful adventure for expert-like craftsmanship.
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Feb 28, 2012A well crafted and executed evocation of verdant indie pop that sticks with you long after it has sounded its final note.
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Feb 23, 2012The Something Rain is the sound of a band entirely reinvigorated, like a new band even, bursting with dreamy, soulful, intelligent songs, though you won't be surprised to learn everything is executed in the most understated way.
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Feb 21, 2012It's a wide landscape that Tindersticks illuminate with a palette of both vivid and muted colours.
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Feb 21, 2012Stuart Staples and his band delivering nine pieces of beautiful bossa-nova noir, daydreamy reverie and existential easy listening.
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Feb 21, 2012There are fewer surprises but no shortage of quality.
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Feb 21, 2012It may not be a career defining record but The Something Rain is crammed full of twists and turns to create an emotionally rich and thoroughly rewarding listen.
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Feb 16, 2012Stuart Staples' shivering baritone is as haunting as ever on Tindersticks' ninth album.
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Feb 15, 2012It may not be a Tindersticks classic, in the same vein as 1997's sublime Curtains, but The Something Rain is a record full of mystery and intrigue that will keep you listening--and discovering new things each time--for a good while.
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Feb 15, 2012It retains Mountain's dense production, but swaps out its calculated affectations for raw sexual urgency, deep-black humor and desperate foreboding.
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UncutFeb 15, 2012The album's highpoints, particularly "Show Me Everything" and "This Fire Of Autumn" showcase a band who seem to have rediscovered new ways of putting together their already impressive constituent parts. [Mar 2012, p.101]
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Mar 23, 2012It is maybe a bit surprising that it's so damned interesting to listen to, and that, along with everything else on The Something Rain, is a powerful testament to the skill of the musicians Staples has surrounded himself with.
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Feb 21, 2012These nine tracks work to capture the ruminative and rollicking sides of Tindersticks.
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Under The RadarMar 21, 2012There is a quiet urgency to the songs, and their cumulative effect can be a permeating of the subconscious. [Mar 2012, p.86]
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Mar 1, 2012The album as a whole has that feel; it's perfect late night or Sunday morning music, though this might damage its broader appeal.
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Feb 21, 2012The Something Rain's grace, elegance, and beauty are enhanced throughout by its subtle but certain spirit of chance.
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Feb 17, 2012It's a startling beginning, but it's followed by eight equally mesmerising, if altogether different, songs.
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