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A 2000s hit duo has made a comeback this year with a very different look and sound.<\/p>\n
The Ting Tings, best known for the songs \u201cThat\u2019s Not My Name\u201d and \u201cShut Up and Let Me Go,\u201d recently returned with a new album. But instead of Katie White and Jules De Martino\u2019s energetic indie pop sound, the group has expanded into a nine-piece band inspired by 1970s rock artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter five albums and a roller coaster in and around the music industry, we took a little bit of time off to raise our daughter,\u201d White and De Martino explained in a recent video<\/a> on Instagram. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve now found ourselves living on the beautiful island of Ibiza, off the coast of Spain. We\u2019ve loved experimenting with our sound and songwriting over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we\u2019ve currently spent four years making the album of our dreams, inspired by bands like the Eagles, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp,\u201d they continued. \u201cWe\u2019ve recently been playing shows as a nine-piece band and we have completely fallen in love with kind of touring like those bands from the \u201870s. So we have that dream. Everyone keeps telling us we\u2019re crazy and that bands don\u2019t really tour as a nine-piece band anymore, but that\u2019s what we\u2019re aiming for next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n De Martino and White, who are now married with one child, formed The Ting Tings in the mid-2000s. The England duo reached hit the top 10 in the UK and the top 40 in the U.S. with the frenetic \u201cThat\u2019s Not My Name,\u201d from their 2008 debut album \u201cWe Started Nothing.\u201d They also had success with the bouncy \u201cShut Up and Let Me Go,\u201d featured in an Apple iPod commercial, as both singles went platinum.<\/p>\n But the group intentionally shifted their sound on all subsequent albums, De Martino told NPR. 2012\u2019s \u201cSounds from Nowheresville,\u201d 2014\u2019s \u201cSuper Critical,\u201d and 2018\u2019s \u201cThe Black Light\u201d failed to see the same popularity as their debut.<\/p>\n Then \u201cHome,\u201d released in June, became their hardest pivot yet.<\/p>\n