Returning to join us after an outstanding headline set at Wood 2010, Tunng bring their joyous electronica-tinged folk to Truck for their only UK show of the summer.
The history of Tunng is typical of that modern sort of band: the bedroom-centred collective that has gradually crystalized into a focused touring band. Like local heroes Jonquil, they started off as a studio-project, the brainchild of Sam Genders and Mike Lindsay.
During a rapid creative explosion, the band’s music constantly evolved, releasing three albums in three years to critical acclaim. Meanwhile, Tunng’s live incarnation stayed roughly the same, constantly becoming tighter and tighter.
Gradually, Sam became a part of the live set-up but, drawn to other projects (including The Accidental and Imagined Village), he eventually left Tunng to pursue his own muse. This redefined the band’s sound, and live vocalist Becky Jacobs became as important a part of the band’s sound as Mike, and his new songwriting partner Ben Bickerton. After finishing the rounds of promoting ‘Good Arrows’, the band toured with Tinariwen and, learning a lot from the focused intensity of the desert-blues icons, shifted the sound to something that’s drawn as many complimentary comparisons to the pastoral glitches of Four Tet as it has to the experimental end of Hot Chip’s oeuvre.
We loved them at Wood, so we can’t wait to see them again on the (ever so slightly) larger Truck stage!
