TUNNG

Turbines

2013-10-11

 Six people, multiple instruments and multiple voices. That's what you get on Turbines, the fifth release from British band Tunng.  This folk band offers boy/girl multi-tracked vocals, guitar, keys, and beat programming, so one can't really call it straight-up folk.  Let's call it experimental electro-folk (folktronica?).  Turbines is somewhat quiet, yet it's rich and full of substance.  Tunng reminds me a bit of Grand Rapids band, The Soil and The Sun, a band that I thought was like no other....until now.  

Rebecca Ruth 

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Folk

  • reviewed 07/2006

    WAILIN JENNYS
    Firecracker

  • reviewed 06/2006

    PSAPP (“Sap”)
    The Only Thing I Ever Wanted

  • reviewed 07/2005

    Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
    The Art of Virtue

  • reviewed 11/2009

    TOM WAITS
    GLITTER AND DOOM LIVE

  • reviewed 10/2011

    BOOKA AND THE FLAMING GECKOS
    The Not So Meaningful Songs in the Life of Jeremy Fink

  • reviewed 02/2007

    MARTHA SCANLAN
    The West Was Burning

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.