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Oxford, England's Ttng (formerly known as This Town Needs Guns) return with their third full-length, Disappointment Island. Though this is their first record since becoming a trio, you'd never guess it from their sound, which has become more refined and realized than ever before. With their latest album, Ttng have managed to subtly embrace more conventional pop ideals without sacrificing the intensity and musicianship they're admired for. Comprised of Tim Collis on guitar and his brother Chris Collis on drums, Ttng's lineup is completed by vocalist Henry Tremain, who also assumed bass duties after the recording of their last album, 2013's 13.0.0.0.0. In the years since then, the band has toured the US and Europe multiple times, including a North American run with TWIABP & Foxing in late 2015, support for American Football's sold-out UK shows in spring 2015, and, most recently, a sold out UK/EU co-headlining tour with Foxing in April 2016. Turning their attention to the studio in December 2015, Ttng decamped to the American Midwest, ground zero for the kind of articulated alternative rock they themselves have been mastering for a decade. Recorded live to tape over 10 days at Chicago's legendary Electrical Audio studios by Greg Norman (McLusky, Russian Circles, Pelican, etc.), and mastered by Shellac's Bob Weston, Disappointment Island proves that the band's success comes from their ability to write songs whose appeal endures well after the sheer awe of their technical prowess subsides. It's easy to understand how people can focus on the band's complex time signatures and elaborate fretwork, but as their fans will tell you, there's much more to Ttng. InchEveryone assumes we write in odd meters to be awkward and weird,Inch muses Henry Tremain. InchActually, we're just writing the music we want to write, and it happens to come out like that.Inch In this case, Ttng have cr
