Album: Tender Buttons by Broadcast (2005)
Genre: Indie | Style: Electronic
Format: Album

Description: Tender Buttons is the third studio album by the British indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released by Warp Records on September 19, 2005 in the UK, one day later in the United States. The album marks a turn in the band's sound, featuring a stark, almost frigid aesthetic, bearing similarities to the sound of the Young Marble Giants, an early 1980s British minimalist post-punk band.

The eleventh track was named "Minus 3" due to the third loss of a member from the band.

Artist Background: Broadcast are an indie electronic band, founded in Birmingham, England. Original members were Trish Keenan (vocals), Roj Stevens (keyboards), Tim Felton (guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Various drummers played with the band, including Keith York, Phil Jenkins, Jeremy Barnes, Steve Perkins, and Neil Bullock. As of 2005, the group consisted of Keenan and Cargill, Felton having departed to form a new project, Seeland, with Billy Bainbridge, formerly of another Birmingham Warp act, Plone. After... Part of the Birmingham, England music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Electronic style.

Related Artists: Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, Melody's Echo Chamber, Electrelane

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Indie, Electronic, 2000s, Album

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Tender Buttons is the third studio album by the British indie electronic band Broadcast. It was released by Warp Records on September 19, 2005 in the UK, one day later in the United States. The album marks a turn in the band's sound, featuring a stark, almost frigid aesthetic, bearing similarities to the sound of the Young Marble Giants, an early 1980s British minimalist post-punk band.

The eleventh track was named "Minus 3" due to the third loss of a member from the band.

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