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Tunngtunng.co.ukOctober 23 at 7:30 pm (w/Charles Atlas) Union Hall 702 Union Street @ 5th Ave., Brooklyn Admission: $12 718-638-4400 unionhallny.com October 24 at 8:30 pm (w/Lewis & Clark) Mercury Lounge 217 E. Houston St. (corner Ave A & Houston) Admission: $12 212–260–4700 mercuryloungenyc.com British Band Mixes Folk with Electronica  Album cover for Tunng's second album, "Good Arrows"  Tunng brings unique sound to New York for two area shows The songs are little gems, slow, smart, eerily poetic and rather dark. "We sing as the sky falls down / We sing as the sky collapses / And make what we can of this / It's okay, we're all going to end up dead and gone," Genders declares on "Hands." "King" and "Arms" get electronica flourishes, "String" features sweet harmonies and a mix of interesting instruments, and "Soup" makes a radical change two-thirds of the way through its folk beginnings. On "Bullets," the bounciest song on the album, Genders sings, "You whisper prayers into the dark / Up to a god in whom you've never believed / You always do / You split the secret up six ways / But it won't make it any easier to see / And now we don't remember." Tunng will be playing with Charles Atlas at Union Hall in Brooklyn on October 23rd and with Lewis & Clarke and Samidon, and with Stars Like Fleas at Mercury Lounge on October 24th. |
