In the States it seems like hardly anybody is familiar with the phenomenal British band Tindersticks, which could be described as a less dramatic, less soulful, more spoken-word version of Nick Cave’s tense, orchestral noir rock. With this precedent, Brooklyn band Ancient History – which offer a similar formula, but slowed down to an almost ambient extreme – should probably think about moving to the UK, where Tindersticks had a pretty good career in the aughts, and Cave got appreciated WAY earlier than in the US. I guess those decadent Europeans can somehow deal with this kind of darkness, while – it’s true! – a majority of Americans only dig upbeat stuff – I learned that the hard way at poker night. – PDG
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!