Tunng

Tunng
Tunng in 2018
Background information
Origin	London,England
Genres	Folktronica,experimental,avant-garde
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Full Time Hobby Static Caravan Recordings Thrill Jockey
Members	Mike Lindsay Sam Genders Ashley Bates Phil Winter Becky Jacobs Martin Smith
Past members	Simon Glenister
Website	tunng.co.uk

Tunngare an English folk music band. They are often associated with thefolktronicagenre, due to the electronic influences evident in some of their work. Tunng are often noted for their use of unconventional instruments, including seashells and percussiveelectronic samples.

History

Sam Genders and Mike Lindsay, two of the founding members of Tunng, began their musical careers together after meeting at one of Genders's early London solo gigs.

Besides releasing five albums and numerous singles since 2004, Tunng have coveredBloc Party's song "The Pioneers". Both the original and cover were featured in the third season ofThe O.C.( "The Man of the Year", Episode 24). They also coveredTim Buckley's "No Man Can Find The War" for the 2006 tribute albumDream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley.

They supportedDoveson dates at the end of their 2005 tour. Member Becky Jacobs is the younger sister of electronic musicianMax Tundra.

In 2007, the band were included onThe Imagined Villagealbum, with a retold version of "Death and the Maiden". In 2008, Tunng remixed the song "Hoko Onchi" onDive Index'sCollisions – The Mid/Air Remixes.Their song "Bullets" was played during the end credits of theWeedsseason four episode, "Till We Meet Again", in September 2008.

"Jenny Again" fromComments of the Inner Choruswas used as the soundtrack for the TV ad from theNSPCCto launch the NSPCC Child's Voice Appeal.

In March 2009, Tunng played together with a trio from theTuaregdesert blues bandTinariwenon a UK tour, and they also played together atGlastonburyin June 2009 and 2010. In May 2010, Tunng headlined at the Wood Festival in Oxfordshire, England. Tunng's appearance at Truck Festival in July 2011 was their only UK performance of the summer.

In August 2011, Tunng remixed Gnomes by Sea of Bees.On 5 December 2011, the band releasedThis Is Tunng... Live From The BBC,an album of Tunng tracks played in various BBC sessions withHuw Stephens,Lauren Laverne,Rob Da Bank,Marc RileyandGiles Peterson,amongst others.

Tunng released their fifth full-length albumTurbines,on 18 June 2013.Tunng came back on 27 March 2018 with the single Flatland, closely followed on 15 May 2018 by the new single ABOP, announcing the release of the band's first album in five years.On 24 August 2018 the band released their sixth albumSongs You Make At Night,which reunites founding members Sam Genders and Mike Lindsay and the rest of the Tunng original line-up for the first time since 2007’s Good Arrows.

Discography

Albums

• Mother's Daughter and Other Songs,10 January 2005
• Comments of the Inner Chorus,22 May 2006
• Good Arrows,27 August 2007
• ...And Then We Saw Land,1 March 2010
• Turbines,18 June 2013
• Songs You Make at Night,24 August 2018
• This Is Tunng...Magpie Bites and Other Cuts,28 June 2019
• Dead Club,6 November 2020

Singles

• "Tale from Black", June 2004
• "The Maypole Song", August 2004
• "People Folk" (Remixed byDollboy), 9 May 2005
• "Magpie Bites", 21 November 2005 (7 ")
• "The Pioneers" (Bloc Partycover, 23 January 2006 (7 "/CD))
• "Woodcat", 24 April 2006 (7 ")
• "Jenny Again", 4 September 2006 (7 ")
• "It's Because...We've Got Hair", 11 November 2006 (7 ")
• "Bricks", 13 August 2007 (7 ") No. 20 UK Indie
• "Bullets", 15 October 2007 (7 "/CD)
• "Hustle", 22 February 2010 (7 "/CD)
• "Sashimi", 17 May 2010 (7 "/CD)
• "Don't Look Down or Back", 2 August 2010
• "Flatland", 27 March 2018
• "ABOP", 15 May 2018

Miscellaneous

• This Is Tunng... Live from the BBC(CD, December 2011)

External links

• Official website
• Official Myspace page
• Interview with Sam Genders of Tunng at musicOMH