After their 2021 breakthrough with the single ‘Because You Move Me’ (over 1 billion
streams now), Tinlicker implemented some radical changes - they left their long-time
label, Anjunadeep for [PIAS] and transitioned from performing purely DJ sets to a format
including live/band performances. Risky but well-calculated choices, necessary for the
next steps to realize the creative direction of the album they were working on, ‘Cold
Enough For Snow’ (2024). The resulting LP was a masterclass in balancing innovation
with quality.
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What stands out most about ‘Cold Enough For Snow’ is its stylistic diversity, from
melodic (‘Glasshouse’) to indie-electronic (‘This Life’ and ‘Nothing To Lose’), to clubbier,
more techno-leaning instrumentals, such as ‘Blowfish’ and ‘Revolution. ’ It even includes
a track without their customary four-on-the-floor beats, ‘Strawberry. ’ Tinlicker produced
the LP in collaboration with Metropole Orkest, a Netherlands-based jazz and pop
orchestra with whom they performed at ADE opening in 2023. Since the release of ‘ColdEnough For Snow’ Tinlicker hit the road for headline tours across Europe and North
America and for festivals like Pinkpop, Sziget, Coachella South Facing and Portola.
In spring 2025 Hero Baldwin joins the group as a live- and studiomember. With the single
‘I Want Your Freedom’ they kicked off album chapter four, the first as a group of three
with a nice string of bandgigs on the horizon…
Tinlicker is here to push boundaries for the sake of art, and chase what they’re
passionate about rather than choosing to blend in and play it safe. “We don’t like living
safe,” one of the members once said. When it comes to making music, “there’s only one
rule: we have to like it.”
