Tindersticks - Sometimes It Hurts

JUL 21 2003 · 12:00

Tindersticks - Sometimes It Hurts (2003) Era: Post-Millennial British Art-Rock (2003) - Chamber-soul austerity period; Tindersticks' final original-lineup album cycle on Beggars Banquet, released amid a broader early-2000s retreat from Britpop maximalism into cinematic introspection. High. This video preserves a rare promotional document for one of the most critically significant yet commercially niche British bands of the 1990s, 2000s, capturing the aesthetic and emotional register of their final original-lineup era. Its technical profile, high contrast, warm amber grade, fragmented montage, represents a distinct and under-archived mode of early-digital British music video production that bridges cinematic arthouse conventions with indie promotional pragmatism. The absent director credit adds archival urgency. Context: Released in 2003 as a single from 'Waiting for the Moon', the sixth studio album by Nottingham-formed band Tindersticks and the last to feature their original six-piece lineup before an extended hiatus, 'Sometimes It Hurts' sits at a melancholy inflection point in the band's career. Critically described as 'more stripped down and introspective in nature,' the album and its singles reflect a retreat from orchestral grandeur into bare emotional confrontation. The band's well-documented collaboration with French director Claire Denis had by this point established Tindersticks as uniquely positioned between British indie and European arthouse cinema culture, a liminal identity that permeates the video's theatrical, film-literate visual grammar. The song's formal chamber-pop restraint and lyrical directness made it emblematic of early-2000s British alternative music's turn away from Britpop excess toward quiet devastation. Director notes: The 'Sometimes It Hurts' music video was released in 2003 as a promotional clip tied to Tindersticks' sixth studio album 'Waiting for the Moon' (Beggars Banquet). The enhanced CD single packages the track alongside a short film by Martin Wallace titled 'The Art of Love Making' (also listed as 'Sexual Funk / The Art of Lovemaking'), which is a distinct work. No production company, director, or crew credits for the music video itself have surfaced across Discogs, Wikipedia, Apple Music, Amazon, fan sites, or video-hosting platforms as of the search date. The video is available on Apple Music (duration listed as 4:35) and was historically accessible on Dailymotion.