Stuart A. Staples


Stuart Ashton Staples is an English musician best known as the lead singer of indie band Tindersticks, in which he also plays guitar. Staples has a very recognisable vocal style and a distinctively low, nasal voice.

Biography

Prior to co-founding Tindersticks, Staples played in a band called Asphalt Ribbons, whose final line-up was nearly identical to that of his later band. He has released two solo albums: Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. He has composed the soundtrack to two films by Claire Denis, L'Intrus and White Material. Tindersticks had previously recorded the music to two other Denis films, Nénette et Boni and Trouble Every Day. In 2007 he collaborated with David Boulter composing the soundtrack to Tot Ziens!, a short by Belgian director Klaus Verscheure.
In 2017, the British Film Institute released Minute Bodies, a film he directed and scored with Christine Ott and Thomas Belhom of films by the naturalist F. Percy Smith.

Solo discography

Albums