Tamaryn - Cranekiss [12", LP]

Out of the blue, or at least for me, came this new album by TAMARYN, called CRANEKISS. I love her previous albums The Waves and Tender New Signs so much that i bought this one without any hesitation. However to my surprise Cranekiss sounds much different: less guitar (actually almost no guitar), more electronics, samples and her voice is clearly present everywhere. So that's not quite what i expected - but i simply love it! The whole sound is clearly influenced by Cocteau Twins: ethereal and very well-produced. Even the artwork looks like it's a 4AD release with a 23 Envelope/Vaughan Oliver-style sleeve (Pixies - Velouria era, especially the back). However it's done by Shaun Durkan (of the band Weekend) with whom she worked on this album. Also Jorge Elbrecht (of Violens) participated, and did the production as well. Standout tracks as far as i'm concerned are the title track, Softcore, I Won't Be Found and the delicious Sugarfix. One of the most surprising releases of 2015 so far for sure, and only in a good way.

Label: Mexican Summer
Cat.nr.: MEX202
Year of release: 2015

SIDE A:
01. Cranekiss
02. Hands All Over Me
03. Last
04. Collection
05. Keep Calling

SIDE B:
01. Softcore
02. Fade Away Slow
03. I Won't Be Found
04. Sugarfix
05. Intruder (Waking You Up)

Tamaryn - The Waves [12", LP]

THE WAVES is the debut album by TAMARYN from 2010. And what an excellent record it is! I bought this one shortly after Tender New Signs, somewhere last year. Tamaryn Brown creates her own distinctive type of dreampop/shoegaze, and i love it. Great guitar work, hallucinating effects and Tamaryn's seductive husky vocals finishing it off. Definitely one of the best new shoegaze acts of the past 5 years.

Label: Mexican Summer
Cat.nr.: MEX 057
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. The Waves
02. Choirs Of Winter
03. Love Fade
04. Haze Interior

SIDE B:
01. Sandstone
02. Coral Flower
03. Dawning
04. Cascades
05. Mild Confusion

Tamaryn - Tender New Signs [12", LP]

The TENDER NEW SIGNS album by TAMARYN is something i -sadly- completely missed when it came out during autumn 2012, so i bought it only a few months ago after i had i stumbled upon some songs on Youtube. Absolutely delicious shoegaze/dreampop! The band Tamaryn is actually singer Tamaryn Brown (a girl from NY) and Rex John Shelverton on guitar. On bass and drums on this album there's Jeremey Bringetto and Matthew Bajda from Rex John's other band Bellavista. Together they've been in a couple of bands, like Vue (on Sub Pop) and Portraits Of Past, a screamo band from the mid '90s on Ebullition Records. Interesting background.
Really a shame that i missed this LP last year. I'll definitely be on look-out for new stuff they'll release from now on, that's for sure.

Label: Mexican Summer
Cat.nr.: MEX125
Year of release: 2012

SIDE A:
01. I'm Gone
02. While You're Sleeping, I'm Dreaming
03. Heavenly Bodies
04. No Exits
05. Prizma

SIDE B:
01. The Garden
02. Transcedent Blue
03. Afterlight
04. Violet's In A Pool