To buy an album:

In the meantime, if you’re interested in purchasing a Tinderbox Digipack CD please email us at sales@tinderboxacoustic.com and we’ll organise the sale with you directly.

To purchase downloads, or to listen to song samples you can visit iTunes here.  Alternatively our music is available on most major online stores.

Apologies for the inconvenience and will have everything back to normal soon.

The original digipack CD (includes full lyrics and sleeve-note booklet) can be purchased directly through this website.

Alternatively you can download the full album or choose individual tracks.

To buy a copy of ‘Counting Time’, or to listen to tracks, simply go to the menu on your right and click on ‘Music’.

“Outstanding”
R2 Magazine
“The best acoustic duo album I’ve ever heard!”
Mick Jackson – Songwriter/Producer
“Fantastic songs”
Johnny Coppin – BBC
“Beautiful…the best thing they’ve done so far…”
Roger Day – BBC
“The care and attention spent in making this album shines through; thoroughly enjoyable”
Brian Player – Radio UK International

“Outstanding”
R2 Magazine
“The best acoustic duo album I’ve ever heard!“
Mick Jackson – Songwriter/Producer (‘The Other Michael Jackson’ – Channel 4)
“Fantastic songs”
Johnny Coppin – BBC
“Beautiful…the best thing they’ve done so far…”
Roger Day – BBC
“The care and attention spent in making this album shines through; thoroughly enjoyable”
Brian Player – Radio UK International

This will be the 4th studio release from the Bournemouth based duo. Here are the samples:

1. ‘Homeward Bound’ (Sample)
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2. ‘Lovely To Me’ (Sample)
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3. ‘Counting Time’ (Sample)
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4. ‘No Other Man’ (Sample)

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5. ‘Like a Bird’ (Sample)

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6. ‘Drowning Me’ (Sample)

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7. ‘Valentino’ (Sample)

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8. ‘Amelia’s Dancing’ (Sample)
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9. ‘Day’s of Innocence’ (Sample)

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10. ‘The Load’ (Sample)
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11. ‘Light My Flame’ (Sample)
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The album is due for release in early 2012 and features well-performed tracks including ‘The Load’, ‘Amelia’s Dancing’, ‘Homeward Bound’, ‘Lovely To Me’ and ‘Valentino’.  Please check back for updates.

Listen to Tinderbox tracks here:

Having been with us for around twelve major shows over the last 9 months there shouldn’t be any stage-fright issues.

Please watch this space for an update on upcoming gigs and also the new album which is currently in production.  The new album will feature a host of already well-performed tunes including ‘Lovely To Me’, ‘Homeward Bound’, ‘Amelia’s Dancing’, ‘The Load’ and many more…

The as yet unnamed new album will feature some tracks that have already become popular through live shows.  These include ‘Lovely To Me’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and ‘The Load’.  Watch this space for updates.

2011 already looks set to be a busy one with UK shows scheduled in Oxfordshire, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Essex; as well as a hugely anticipated headline at the famous Whelans in Dublin on Saturday 26th March.

Tinderbox recently returned from Caceres, Spain where they attended the annual Premios Pop-Eye Gala Ceremony to collect an award for Best Revelation Group in the European category.  These awards are hugely prestigious in Spain and focus on independent artists ranging from musicians to film makers, fine artists and designers.

The gala was held in the beautiful Gran Teatro in Caceres where throngs of artists, celebrities and industry professionals flocked for the annual event.

After screening the video for Tinderbox track ‘Shine’ the duo were invited up to the podium to collect the award.  Fantastic recognition that completes a mammoth year for Tinderbox that included a new album release (The State of Play),  a successful US tour and numerous sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.

Roll on 2011!

To listen to a tinderbox interview on Spanish radio click on this link and go directly to 17 mins 40 seconds :

http://hombreluna2.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-11-17T02_49_21-08_00.

For more review and articles please go to: http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tinderbox-state-of-play

Tinderbox: (The) State of Play

Tinderbox are Monique Houraghan and Dan Tucker; based in Bournemouth, they write songs together that combine Monique’s high, clear and sweet singing with Dan’s quite exquisite finger-picked acoustic guitar. They’ve gathered a fair crowd of musical friends to gently flesh out the sound of ‘State of Play’ but there is no doubting the starring roles here as Monique’s voice flutters like a bird above the beautiful flowing melodies picked out on the guitar.

Nine songs and one instrumental make up ‘State of Play’ and the subject matter ranges from the intensely personal and domestic (‘For You Dear Emily’ celebrates the purifying joy of going home to your young child at the end of the working day) to an attempt at socio/political commentary in the title song which I have to say doesn’t succeed in delving very deep. The two strands meet in ‘River To The Sea’ when a soldier’s wife learns he won’t ever return home again. These personal songs are honest and earnest, striving to express emotional truths and to avoid easy cliches. In listening to them, though, it would be easy to be distracted by the pure beauty of Monique’s voice and the gentle elegance of Dan’s playing.

The album centres on their two finest moments here. The instrumental, ‘The Journey’ caught my ear on one of these recent October days; I was in the car quite gobsmacked by the autumnal beauty I saw all around me as if the whole world was in harmony for once, and this tune fitted the mood just perfectly – gentle, lyrical and happy.

‘River To The Sea’ follows on from ‘The Journey’; the drama of the lyric (as mentioned above) is bolstered by some strong vibrato in Monique’s voice and a bit of a production number going on during the chorus as the drum comes in ominously and the echo chamber makes for an uncharacteristically big sound. I don’t normally go for that sort of thing but in the context of this album it sounds really good and, in part, I think that’s because overall there could be more use of background vocals or harmonies to give a contrast to Monique’s high clarity. Oftentimes things sound, or look, all the better in the context of some contrast, and, for me, that’s the case here.

Tinderbox’s approach creates music of beauty, something delicate and gentle to offset this frantic world. I find there’s a few albums in my collection that I put on to soothe me at the end of a frazzled day, and it could be that ‘State of Play’ becomes one of those tonics.

John Davy

Now Tinderbox are easing off on live performances and concentrating on recording a new album and promoting some pretty amazing events in late 2010 and 2011.

In November the duo will perform at the televised ‘Premios Pop-Eye Gala Awards’ ceremony in Caceres, Spain where they will accept the 2010 award for “Best European Revelation Group”.

On their return to the UK Tinderbox will headline at the fabulous ‘Stables’ in Milton Keynes where they recently played fantastic support to Jon Allen.  This will be the final live show for 2010 and is highly recommended!

March 2011 will see a debut headline appearance at Dublin’s famous ‘Whelans’, and in April 2011 Tinderbox take to the road again with a Caffe Nero tour of the UK, as Caffe Nero’s ‘Artist of the Month’.

Exciting times ahead…watch this space ;o)