Tears Run Rings is an American shoegaze band consisting of singer/bassist Laura Watling, singer/guitarist Matthew Bice, guitarist Ed Mazzucco, guitarist Tim Morris, and drummer Dwayne Palasek.[1] They have released three albums.[2]
Tears Run Rings | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California Portland, Oregon |
| Genres | Shoegazing Dream pop |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Clairecords, Somewherecold Records |
| Members | Ed Mazzucco Laura Watling Dwayne Palasek Matthew Bice Tim Morris |
| Website | Official website |
History
editEd Mazzucco, Laura Watling, Tim Morris, and Dwayne Palasek have been collaborating various incarnations since the mid-90s.[3] In 2007 they released their first EP as Tears Run Rings called "A Question and an Answer".[4] They later teamed up with Matthew Bice of Shelflife Records[5] to produce a full-length album entitled Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never,[6] which was released on Florida's Clairecords in April 2008.[7] The album was well-reviewed (4/5 stars) and drew strong comparisons to shoegaze bands of 20 years earlier: "may be a dead ringer for Slowdive, right down to their torrents of cascading, distorted, and delayed guitars and ubiquitous male-female cooing, with slight seasonings of Moose, Chapterhouse, and Kitchens of Distinction".[8]
Their second album entitled Distance was released in 2010.[9] A third album was released in 2016, entitled In Surges.[10] In December 2016, American webzine Somewherecold ranked In Surges No. 8 on their Somewherecold Awards 2016 list.[11] In 2018, Tears Run Rings contributed an exclusive song to the Somewherecold Records Various Artists compilation Resistance: In Support of the Southern Poverty Law Center.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Tears Run Rings". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ Reges, Margaret. "Tears Run Rings | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Laura Watling | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Lavender Recordings". www.chlirre.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "shelflife records: about". www.shelflife.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Tears Run Rings | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Tears Run Rings - Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never". Discogs. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never - Tears Run Rings | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "TEARS RUN RINGS". www.tearsrunrings.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "Tears Run Rings 'In Surges' LP Out 12/2/2016 | Deep Space Recordings". deepspacerecordings.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ Lamoreaux, Jason T. (December 9, 2016). "Somewherecold Awards 2016". Somewherecold. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Resistance Compilation: In Support of the Southern Poverty Law Center, by Somewherecold Records". Somewherecold Records. Retrieved 2020-04-28.