Tanlines - Mixed Emotions
RELEASE DATE 03.20.2012
TRUE-066
LP
TRACKLIST1. Brothers
2. All of Me
3. Green Grass
4. Abby
5. Yes Way
6. Not the Same
7. Lost Somewhere
8. Real Life
9. Rain Delay
10. Cactus
11. Nonesuch
DESCRIPTION
Mixed Emotionsis the debut album from Brooklyn’s Tanlines, the duo of Eric Emm (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Jesse Cohen (drums, keyboards, bass). Initially a production project, Tanlines have evolved through two acclaimed EPs into a deeply personal, electronic pop group.
The album was recorded in a series of locations after the band were evicted from their own studio, which in turn pushed Emm to focus on his lyrics and songwriting. In the process, he discovered a beautiful baritone vocal style. The lyrics poured out of him, and their maturity and honesty form the core of Mixed Emotions.
Legendary engineer Jimmy Douglass (Timbaland, Aaliyah, Television, Missy Elliot) mixed the album in Miami. The result fuses the music of the band’s childhood (New Order, the KLF, Stock Aitken Waterman, Stevie Winwood) with pristine synthetic sounds and their own homespun organic ones.
The band have now moved out of the studio and onstage, playing with Vampire Weekend, The xx, Julian Casablancas, Rick Ross, and Delorean. Mixed Emotions is Tanlines at their most human, compelling and classic ;(