Until The Ribbon Breaks: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Until The Ribbon Breaks: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert with tags 2025, pressure, until the ribbon breaks, spark, pete lawrie-winfield, npr (radio network), npr: music (broadcast content), music (tv genre), concert (tv genre), elliot wall, james gordon
The beauty of the Tiny Desk lies, at least partially, in the limitations of size and technology. We rarely amplify voices, for example, so for a band like Until The Ribbon Breaks, the challenge becomes how to take a loud electronic sound down to a volume where singer Pete Lawrie-Winfield can be heard. In this case, the solution involved a spaghetti strainer, a paint bucket and an acoustic guitar.
It wasn't easy for Until The Ribbon Breaks to devise new arrangements for tried-and-true songs like "Pressure," from its full-length debut A Lesson Unlearnt. But it worked, because the Cardiff band's dance beats are always secondary to strong melodies and songwriting.
Set List
"2025" 0:24
"Pressure" 4:35
"Until The Ribbon Breaks" 7:25
"Spark" 10:55
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Morgan McCloy, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Colin Marshall; photo by Colin Marshall/NPR
