The Nottingham group Tindersticks is the odd one out. Their third album is again full of melancholic, sometimes ominous sounding songs, in which the strings who made their appearance on their second (self-titled) CD are again fully present. Characteristic of the sound is the fairly monotonous voice of singer Stuart Staples. The press often compared him to Nick Cave and John Cale. With his baritone
… he mumbles his way through the fifteen songs. The songs on Curtains are partly sung and spoken by Staples. With Ann Magnuson (Bongwater) he sings the duet Burried bones.more
