Sunday 14 June 2009

SOTD 3: Tunng - Hands (2007)

I was very slow to get into Tunng, mainly because I always imagined them to be a euro-dance act, but, when I did, I was blown away by their 2007 album "Good Arrows". My particular favourite on the album is Hands, a beautiful song that grows and builds around a central riff.

Tunng are fantastic at packing so much into their 3-minutes and Hands is a prime example of this. A hypnotic acoustic ditty is mainly accompanied by group harmonies and very little else. The vocals are full of reverb and high up in the mix, meaning that they really stick and provide the focal point to the song.

Lyrically the song seems quite obviously to be about mortality. In the video it is said to be about making the most of every moment of our short lives, but I also believe there to be some feeling of guilt from the character described;

"He crawls into her aorta
To pull him out of his reverie
And mentally puts her back together
With sticks and glue until she breathes"


His state of reverie, absentmindedly dreaming, suggests the man is in a state of shock about what he may/ may not have done to this girl. Even so, the song is full of poignant lines and one where the lyrics really do take centre stage.



Tunng - Hands

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