Tunng started out as a two-man folk outfit with heavy electronic influences and tweakies, but have continually evolved. Their fourth album, …And Then We Saw Land, finds them without one of their founding members and grown into a fully collaborative five-piece.
The sounds are bigger and closer to the British folk-rock tradition, which is just fine by me. I’ll miss the loopy tweaky bits, but I can’t say I’ll miss hearing Tunng described as “folktronica” (shudder).
…And Then We Saw Land comes out March 1 on (Thrill Jockey [U.S.] / Full Time Hobby [U.K.])
Tunng – Don’t Look Down Or Back from …And Then We Saw Land
… and for good measure, here’s a trance-inducing number from their 2004 debut that I always keep with me in my brain-crannies:
Tunng – People Folk from Mother’s Daughter And Other Songs
