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Death And The Maiden Retold by Tunng

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Tunng Are A London England Neo-Folk / Folktronica Band Formed In 2003. The Band Consists Of Mike Lindsay Vocals Guitar Becky Jacobs Vocals Percussion Synths Ashley Bates Banjo Guitar Phil Winter Electronics Sampling Keyboards Martin Smith Percussion Keyboards/piano And Simon Glenister Drums . Their Latest Album Is "Songs You Make At Night" Aug 2018 Full Time Hobby . Former Members Include Co-Founder Sam Genders Vocals Guitar Who Left The Band Before The Release Of "...And Then We Saw Land" Mar 2010 Full Time Hobby . Tunng Started After Genders And Lindsay Met In The Latter's Soho Basement Studio Below A Clothes Shop . Genders Was A Singer-Songwriter And Lindsay Had The Studio Making Electronica And Living Through Advertising Music Production . They Found That Lindsay's Distinctive Way With Twinkling Sounds And Tight Production Significantly Enhanced The Folky Songs They Were Writing - A Signature Sound Developed. Tunng's First Album Was "Mother's Daughter And Other Songs" Jan 2005 Static Caravan - However Since Genders Made At First The Choice Not To Play Live Lindsay Found Jacobs And Bates. To Help With Live Shows. Over Time Winter And Smith Became Part Of The Band And Have All Contributed More To Recordings First On "Comments Of The Inner Chorus" May 2006 Full Time Hobby Then More So On "Good Arrows" Aug 2007 Full Time Hobby . The 2010 Album "...And Then We Saw Land" Has Been The Most Successful To Date And Was Recorded In The Semi-Legendary Play Industries Studio Shoreditch With Access To Its Vast Collection Of Vintage Synthesizers Helping Develop A More Delicate And Inter-Woven Production Style. Glenister Added Live Drums To The Gigs From 2009 For A Heavier Sound A Long Way From The Seated Studio Project Tunng Once Was. On "Turbines" "...Often Beloved For Its Bucolic Oddness And Modernist Gleam Tunng's Polyphonic Future Folk Blossoms With Enchanting Melodies Simmering Grooves And Found Sound That Has Propelled The Band Into A Paradise Of Exceeded Expectations" Absolute Punk .

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Tunng A Leading Light On The UK Nu-Folk Scene Included A Song About A Woman Being Turned Into A Hare On Their Last Album. Here They Bring Their Quirky Electronica And Droll Take On The Pagan Tradition To 'Death And Maiden' A Lesson In How To Survive An Encounter With The Grim Reaper.

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