Until The Ribbon Breaks: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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