PAST IMPERFECT the best of tindersticks ’92 - ’21 (CD)

“Nobody was between us and the records that we made,” says Tindersticks frontman Stuart Staples. Mavens of intimate and expansive mood-song, Tindersticks have forged paths of their own unobstructed making over three decades, avidly trend-averse in their dusky and far-reaching explorations of the heart. Released through City Slang on 25th March, Past Imperfect: The Best of Tindersticks ’92-’21 maps the band’s 30-year journey across a peerless 20-track chronology. “Each step a story,” as Staples said on “How He Entered”. And every song a fresh twist in a winding tale. It is the sound of an uncommonly ambitious band always seeking new ways to connect with their songs, rediscovering themselves as a unit at every turn so that everything familiar about their music sounds fresh again. Always, of course, by nobody’s measure but their own.

Side 1: 1. City Sickness Taken from the first Tindersticks album (P) 1993 Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Island 2. Her (’92) — unreleased version — (P) 1992 Lucky Dog 3. Tiny Tears Taken from the Original Soundtrack “Nénette Et Boni” (P) 1996 The Quicksilver Recording Company Ltd., under exclusive license to Universal Island 4. Travelling Light (Single Version) (P) 1994 Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Island 5. My Sister Taken from the album Tindersticks (P) 1995 The Quicksilver Recording Company Ltd., under exclusive license to Universal Island Side 2: 6. Rented Rooms Taken from the album Curtains (P) 1997 Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license to Universal Island 7. Can We Start Again? Taken from the album Simple Pleasure (P) 1999 Universal Music Operations Limited 8. Dying Slowly Taken from the album Can Our Love Licensed courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Limited 9. Sometimes It Hurts Taken from the album Waiting For The Moon (P) 2003 Beggars Banquet Records Limited Licensed courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Limited 10. My Oblivion Taken from the album Waiting For The Moon (P) 2003 Beggars Banquet Records Limited Licensed courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Limited Side 3: 11. Harmony Around My Table Taken from the album Falling Down A Mountain (P) 2009 4AD Limited, by arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited Licensed courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Limited 12. Show Me Everything Taken from the album The Something Rain Produced by Stuart A. Staples (P) 2012 Lucky Dog 13. This Fire Of Autumn Taken from the album The Something Rain Produced by Stuart A. Staples (P) 2012 Lucky Dog 14. Medicine Taken from the album The Something Rain Produced by Stuart A. Staples (P) 2012 Lucky Dog 15. What Are You Fighting For? Taken From The album Across Six Leap Years Produced by Stuart A. Staples (P) 2013 Lucky Dog Side 4: 16. How He Entered Taken From The Album The Waiting Room Produced by Stuart A. Staples (P) 2016 Lucky Dog 17. Were We Once Lovers? Taken From The Album The Waiting Room (P) 2016 Lucky Dog 18. Willow — unreleased version — Written by Stuart A. Staples, Dan Mckinna (P) 2019 Lucky Dog 19. Pinky In The Daylight Taken from the album No Treasure But Hope (P) 2019 Lucky Dog, under exclusive license to City Slang 20. Both Sides Of The Blade — unreleased track — (P) 2022 Lucky Dog

• Format Detail: 2CD, Digisleeve, comes w/ insert
• Format: CD
• Genre: Indie & Alternative