Tangled Thoughts of Leaving成立于西澳大利亚的珀斯,2008年发表第一张EP Tiny Fragments 。在键盘主导下,前卫、金属、后摇、爵士以及噪音的融合性音乐,让TToL形成了独树一帜的音乐特色:极度沉重、错综复杂、沉稳大气。Tiny Fragments 在线上得到了不少好评,TToL的名声由此打开。Tiny Fragments是一场有挑战的听觉体验 —— 不由分说的前卫和残酷在不断变化的音乐中交织,听者在整张EP中得不到一丝喘息的机会。分成三部分长达十八分钟的同名曲即是专辑的核心也是乐队现场表演的重点 – 这首歌是由很多小概念和小想法精心构建起来的。2009年Tangled Thoughts of Leaving和悉尼后摇滚乐队sleepmakeswaves联合发行了一张拼盘专辑,这让TToL被东澳大利亚海岸的歌迷群体所熟识,同时全球的线上歌迷也越来越多得了解到他们。 当Tiny Fragments着重于抒发强烈的情感时,这张拼盘里的两首新曲目则表现了乐队创作歌曲的精妙。A Vexing Predicament获得了2009年西澳年度实验歌曲的殊荣,而歌曲The World is a Deaf Machine则被线上网站The Silent Ballet选为年度单曲。在电影配乐艺术家Philip Glass, Clint Mansell, Nick Cave和Warren Ellis的影响下, TToL同样受到Isis, Dillinger Escape Plan以及Cult of Luna的影响。
2011年,Tangled Thoughts of Leaving开始在自己的录音室里筹备他们处女作,Deaden the Fields。录音室坐落于珀斯东南部的一个农场,封闭的环境让乐队能够有高自由度的创作空间,让专辑里每一声响动都变得引人注目。
专辑的母带处理工作由Pelle Henricsson(Cult of Luna, Refused, Poison the Well)进行,Deaden the Fields既充满了情绪,又展现了技巧,结构晦涩却旋律优美。在古典钢琴和复杂鼓点的带领下,Deaden the Fields充满了强度、情感和复杂度。六首曲目长达62分钟的听觉体验,让听者必须全情投入方能酣畅淋漓。
2013年乐队即将首次踏上欧洲大陆进行巡演。
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving’s music demands attention. Whether it’s through a live performance or a recording, the music demands that the listener devote their undivided consciousness to the experience. Vocals are scarce - but this is not background music. By way of a piano-led amalgamation of prog, post-rock, jazz, noise, metal and classical film soundtracks, TToL have crafted something of their own: sometimes intensely heavy, relentless and epic; at other times fragile and intricate.
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving spent the first three months of 2011 recording their debut album, Deaden the Fields, in their own self-built studio. Situated on farmland an hour south-east of Perth, the isolated studio gave TToL the freedom to push everything to the limit, explore every possibility and give every second of the record the fine attention to detail it deserved
Recorded and mixed by the band’s own Ron Pollard and later mastered by Swedish legend Pelle Henricsson (Cult of Luna, Refused, Poison the Well), Deaden the Fields is as emotive as it is technical; as melodic as it is abrasive. Led by xlassical-inspired piano playing and incredible technical drumming, Deaden the Fields is piece of art dripping with intensity, emotion and intricacy. 62 minutes of progressive music across six tracks; it demands commitment from the listener and will command an emotional response.