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The Waiting Room
Rock · 2016 · 22 tracks · 47m

The Waiting Room

Tindersticks

Smoky baritone vocals meet noir-inflected chamber pop. A cinematic collection of late-night vignettes defined by dry rhythms and elegant, weary brass.

January 22, 2016 · City Slang (3)

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A sophisticated, weary collection of late-night reflections that feel both intimate and cinematic.

Tracklist · 22 Tracks · 47m
01
Follow Me
2:45
01
Follow Me
02
Second Chance Man
3:56
02
Second Chance Man
03
Were We Once Lovers?
4:49
03
Were We Once Lovers?
04
Help Youself
5:38
04
Help Youself
05
Hey Lucinda
5:16
05
Hey Lucinda
06
This Fear of Emptiness
06
This Fear of Emptiness
3:59
07
How He Entered
07
How He Entered
4:46
08
The Waiting Room
4:54
08
The Waiting Room
09
Planting Holes
2:03
09
Planting Holes
10
We Are Dreamers!
5:20
10
We Are Dreamers!
11
Like Only Lovers Can
4:33
11
Like Only Lovers Can
Moments Worth Listening For
The skeletal, funky bass line on Were We Once Lovers? that grounds the soaring, desperate strings.
The heartbreakingly fragile vocal interplay between Stuart Staples and the late Lhasa de Sela on Hey Lucinda.
The way the title track builds a sense of claustrophobic dread through repetitive, hypnotic organ swells.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Waiting Room sound next to the rest of Tindersticks's catalogue?

Bass+2.3σ

The instrumentation foregrounds bass far more than the catalogue usually does.

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