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 01/2012

    PAUL KELLY
    Greatest Hits-Songs From the South Volumes 1 & 2

  • reviewed 01/2011

    ABIGAIL WASHBURN
    City of Refuge

  • reviewed 03/2014

    GRANT PEEPLES AND THE PEEPLES REPUBLIC
    Punishing The Myth

  • reviewed 12/2005

    SPARKLEHORSE
    Chest Full of Dying Hawks

  • reviewed 11/2006

    COWBOY JUNKIES
    Long Journey Home

  • reviewed 12/2010

    HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL FAMILY
    FAMILY

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.