Salford indie pop band The Ting Tings have announced they will be releasing an album named Home, their first in six years.
The band, which formed in 2007, premiered their new single Good People Do Bad Things on BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley show on March 3.
The song focuses key notes of guilt and forgiveness and making peace with the darkness we all have in ourselves, as though lovingly sang to a child or friend.
The album will show the band embracing the sun-kissed West Coast 1970s harmonies and exquisitely turned arrangements. The band seeks inspiration from artists like Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Dire Straits, Joni Mitchell and the Eagles to list a few.
Having hit songs such as, That’s Not My Name and We Started Nothing the band will aim to reach the heights they established with those songs. They achieved international success with a UK chart-topper and nominations for Brits and Grammys, whilst also winning album of the year.
The songs continue to have a life of their own finding success on social media. That’s Not My Name has been used on over five million TikTok videos and features on 60,000 Spotify playlists
In the bio the record states: “Because that element of fresh jeopardy is thrilling to both of us. The first thing Jules does anywhere is start to build a studio. Even in Los Angeles, where we didn’t have a working toilet, he was busy sourcing mixing desks and speakers.”
And how their songs mean more than one thing which can really engage a music listener’s mind. “The great thing about songs is that they can be about more than one thing.
“Quite simply, this was where all the songs on their next album were waiting for them – “and, for once,” says De Martino, who went on to produce the album, “we didn’t fight it.” Indeed, from the very get-go, it’s impossible to miss the assurance with which The Ting Tings have set out their sound world on Home.
“Good People Do Bad Things sees White extend a compassionate handout to the lost protagonist of a song whose sentiments seem especially salient in this world of pantomime polarisation and cancel culture”
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