Tunng - Good Arrows

Full Time Hobby

‘Good Arrows’ is the third album in three years from English experimental folk collective Tunng and it’s obvious from the opening track that the band are keen to leave behind the ‘folktronica’ label used to categorise their two previous offerings. Some of the clunky, mechanical sounds have gone, replaced by a softer, more pastoral pop style. The songs are not lost under dense production this time around, instead the subtle, skewed beats and improvised percussion help to illuminate their simple nature.
You can hear the band’s influences all over this record, which is a mix of Psapp’s adolescent playfulness, Sigur Ros’ gentle beauty and Kieran Hebden’s sonic explorations.
Even ‘Bullets’ similarity to Jonah Lewie’s lumpen ‘Stop The Cavalry’ can be excused on an album this pretty. Just.

Words_ Kenny Murdock

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