Acclaimed indie-pop duo Tennis release their highly anticipated new album, Face Down in the Garden, arriving via their own Mutually Detrimental label on Friday, April 25. Produced and recorded by the husband-and-wife duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore in their Denver, Colorado home studio, the album and new single mark the final recordings from this incarnation of Tennis.
Tennis embark on a farewell tour that brings them to The Anthem on Tuesday, June 3. You can win tickets to say good-bye to Tennis with Parklife DC!
“On a cross-country drive at the end of tour, our van and trailer blew four tires in quick succession,” said Alaina Moore. “That particular stretch of highway was a tire graveyard. I counted the shredded remains of twelve tires from where we sat on the side of the road, swapping out our last spare. Our bad luck was heavily contrasted by the good night we’d just had in Houston. The highs and lows of touring are unnatural, disorienting. On the shoulder of I-40, I began writing the lyrics to ’12 Blown Tires.’ It is a constellation of memories from the road, and of our marriage, two endeavors that are completely, hopelessly entangled.”
“When we recorded ’12 Blown Tires’ a few months later, I had the sense of distilling the past 15 years into four minutes of music. It felt like the end of something, though I wasn’t sure what. Patrick and I spent most of our 20s and all of our 30s focused on Tennis. It has been the most joyous, bewildering, challenging, and humbling experience. After finishing Face Down In The Garden, it became clear that we had said everything we wanted to say and achieved everything we wanted to achieve with our band. This will be our last studio album, at least in this configuration as Tennis. We are ready to pursue other creative projects and to make space in our lives for new things. In that light, the upcoming tour feels more poignant, like a concluding thought. These two kids from Denver who only ever dreamed of playing a few house shows are very fulfilled. Perhaps we’ll see you on the road. As always, thank you.”
Watch the official music video for “12 Blown Tires” by Tennis on YouTube:
Parklife DC is giving away a pair of tickets to see Tennis at The Anthem! To win, simply leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to know your favorite song by Tennis.
For the rules of this giveaway–
Comments will be closed at 5pm on Tuesday, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. Good luck!
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Tennis
W/ Billie Marten
The Anthem
Tuesday, June 3
Doors @ 8pm
$45 GA/$75 Seats
All ages
