October 14 [14:00 EDT] -- The British outfit Tindersticks have long heard their sweeping sound described as "cinematic," but now that adjective is particularly appropriate.

The band did the score for a new French film called "Nanette Et Boni," which recently opened in New York City.

While the band's trademark sound might have seemed like a natural for film, fans may be surprised at how Tindersticks sound in the movie.

"For that film, we stripped everything down and became very minimal," Tindersticks violinist Dickson Hinchliff told MTV News. "People always look at the big kind of songs like 'Traveling Light' as these sort of epic soundtrack kinds of things. [900k QuickTime] You know, for us, some of the more kind of intimate moments, more minimal, are possibly more suited to film."

"Nenette Et Boni" opens in L.A. and San Francisco on October 24, one day after Tindersticks launch a two-week U.S. tour at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C.

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August 22 [10:00 EDT] -- England's masters of moody melancholia Tindersticks are back with a new album called "Curtains," [600k QuickTime video]which features duet cameos by actresses Isabella Rossellini and Anne Magnuson.

Of course, the album also boasts a slew of heartbroken laments, somewhat in the manner of such veteran gloom merchants as Nick Cave and Barry Adamson.

"Probably listen to the first album, and I think so many influences are really obvious," Tindersticks singer Stuart Staples says of those comparisons. "They're obviously rock singers. Obviously the Velvet Underground, you know. It's like the longer time goes on, the more you find out what you're about. It's about losing things to get better, rather than gaining things. Things just kind of live with you... In a way with those people you mentioned, they help, give a lot in an attitude way."

Tindersticks will take those influences on the road with them on a U.S. tour which starts in October.

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