Cult heroes: Tindersticks – downtrodden poets of scabrous indie cabaret

Nottingham’s ramshackle purveyors of off-kilter songs about poverty, violence, filth and ruination went from hungry to comfortable and back againBefore “starving artist” meant living with your parents until you’re 47, scraping a living doing webcam porn while dreaming of making 0.00002p for 127m Spotify plays, the phrase had a certain romance.That was when it meant turret-room melancholy, dope-den songwriting sessions and recording thrift store instruments around kitche...

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