Tunng
are an experimental folk band from the United Kingdom.
The band is often associated with the Folktronica genre due to the electronic influences evident in some of their work.
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Biography
Tunng are often noted for their use of strange instruments, including sea shells. They supported
Doves on dates at the end of their
2005 tour. Member Becky Jacobs is the younger sister of electronic musician
Max Tundra.
Besides releasing three albums and numerous singles since 2004, Tunng have covered
Bloc Party's song "The Pioneers". Both the original and cover were featured in the 3rd season of
The O.C. ("The Man of the Year", Episode 24). They also covered
Tim Buckley's "No Man Can Find The War" for the 2005 tribute album
Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley
.
In 2007, the band were included on
The Imagined Village
album, with a re-told version of "Death and the Maiden". In 2008, Tunng remixed the song "Hoko Onchi" on
Dive Index's
Collisions - The Mid/Air Remixes
.
Their song "Bullets" was played during the end credits of the
Weeds season 4 episode "Till We Meet Again" in September 2008.
"Jenny Again" from the 2006
Comments of the Inner Chorus
LP was used as the soundtrack for the TV ad from the
NSPCC to launch the NSPCC Child's Voice Appeal
[1].
In March 2009, Tunng played together with a trio from the
Tuareg desert blues band
Tinariwen on a UK tour, and they also played together at
Glastonbury in June 2009.
Discography
Albums
- Mother's Daughter and Other Songs
(10 January 2005)
- Comments of the Inner Chorus
(22 May 2006)
- Good Arrows
(27 August 2007)
Singles
- "Tale from Black", June 2004
- "The Maypole Song", August 2004
- "People Folk" (Remixed by Dollboy), May 9 2005
- "Magpie Bites", November 21 2005 (7")
- "The Pioneers" (Bloc Party cover, January 23, 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") #20 UK Indie
- "Bullets", (15 October 2007) (7")
References
- "Jenny Again" on NSPCC TV advert