Released on vinyl only as a tour single, it is only in the last few days that I have been able to give this repeated listens. Having done so, it is a mystery to me why this was not included on 'The Hungry Saw' LP.
One of the happiest things about the Tindersticks' re-shuffle is that David Boulter's contributions to the songwriting and the music have increased. Here, he plays a lovely keyboard piece, gently building all the time until it ends the song with a similar sound to 'Introduction'. At the recent London show this meant that the set was bookended by solo contributions from Boulter and that was very appropriate given the amount of influence he had on the rebirth of Tindersticks. This song is, in many ways, a companion piece to Waiting For The Moon's 'Running Wild', all understated and laid back playing. Stuart Staples sings of moving on and letting things go, in much the same way as he does on the beautiful 'Pulling Into The Sea'.
They must have had their reasons for leaving 'What Are You Fighting For?' off 'The Hungry Saw' but it had nothing to do with quality. This is a gorgeous track.
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