Tears Run Rings - Everything In The End '2024

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Happiness 8 (3:01)
2. Helios Helada (5:32)
3. XO (6:08)
4. Another Life (4:22)
5. Within (4:15)
6. Abandon (5:38)
7. How Will We Know? (6:14)
8. Tranquilo (5:49)
9. Lost Touch (5:41)
10. Since You've Gone (5:57)
11. Nothing More (5:27)
12. Happiness 10 (3:11)

Tears Run Rings is comprised of Matthew Bice (vocals, guitar), Laura Watling
(vocals, bass), Ed Mazzucco (guitar), and Dwayne Palasek (drums). Over the past
15 years, the band has released three albums. Now they are back with album 4,
"Everything In The End."

In 2018, after their first live show in 10 years, the band was renewed with
musical inspiration and ready for a new chapter. "Everything in the End" was
written over the course of the next several years. While TRR did get together on
several occasions for in-person songwriting sessions, the album was largely a
long-distance effort, recorded in both Portland and San Francisco home studios.
The idea of having a double LP drove the concept of four sides to the album,
each with a distinct tone and feel.

Matthew and Laura sometimes swap, sometimes share, lead vocal responsibilities
and both contributed lyrically to the album. When writing "Everything in the
End," the band asked the question, "What if this is the end? What if this is the
last music we ever record together?" The lyrics and the music reflect a push and
pull of loss and hope, sadness and joy. The presence of such melancholic imagery
is not coincidental. From the very first notes of the single “Lost
Touch,” Tears Run Rings tread upon hallowed ground. Matthew approaches the
vocal melodies with a reverence, allowing them to transform into a musical
instrument. “How Will We Know?" captures the human condition of waiting
and hoping for something undefined, with the fading light symbolizing the
passage of time. “Since You’ve Gone," laments for a lost presence
and the emptiness that follows. "Nothing More,” expresses a realization
that sometimes, love is the only thing one desires in a vast and empty world.

Musically, the new album does not stray far from TRR's shoegaze roots. However,
there is a subtlety and restraint to this record, with the soft moments shining
as bright as the noisy ones. This album showcases TRR's most intricate tapestry
of sound to date, with soaring harmonies, Ed's swirling guitars, and Dwayne's
drumming as the ever-strong backbone. All the while, the band conducts an
introspective examination of a fractured heart - showcasing that Tears Run Rings
have always embodied dream pop, both in spirit and in sound. 

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