MP3: New Tunng Teaser

Song nabbed from forthcoming album due in April.

By Blurt Staff

London's Tunng is set to drop their fourth album in April via Thrill Jockey. Titled ...And Then We Saw Land it's described by bandmember Mike Lindsay as "full of adventurous spirit. We wanted to make a record that would be a great live set. My friend described it as ‘Epic Folk Disco Brass Magnificent,' and I'm not sure you could call any other Tunng record that."

Free MP3: "Don't Look Down Or Back"

The  band have been on adventures both personal (Mike went to India, Ashley moved to Somerset) and shared - such as their ten-day voyage of discovery with Malian desert bluesmen Tinariwen, a unique collaboration that aimed to fuse the sounds of the two bands together.  An experience that helped shape Tunng's approach to the new album, "We learned that you don't always need structure!" added Mike. "As long as there is presence, emotion and groove. It taught us that everything is open and adaptable..."

Three songs contain what the band describe as The Mega Chorus - a 15-strong group of collaborators and drinking buddies who lent their voices to the album one rainy night in an abandoned school hall in Old Street.  The same blend of rustic acoustic based folk, kitchen sink experimentalism, delicate electronics, and pop melodies that don't let go still pervade and remain the core of Tunng's musical approach.