(Self Titled) LP
(VR3069)
TRACKLISTING:
1. Full Enough
2. Never Knows Your Name
3. Sunken Meadow
4. Today's On Me
5. Sticks And Stones
6. Over Me
7. Smile
8. Swim By Drowning
9. Satellite
10. Saved
11. City Tonight
The self-titled debut from TIDE was recorded piece meal from late 2004 through mid 2005. The band went through two drummers during the process, two mixing engineers, and remixed some of the songs several times, trying the patience of everyone involved. Thankfully engineer Caleb Sherman found the mixes that had been eluding them and the album was finished.
The result is an eclectic mix of indie pop laced with a cerebral atmosphere of highs and lows. The influences are there, but never worn on the sleeve. 'Never Knows Your Name' and 'Over Me' are both pure pop bliss, complete with sugary harmonies and sharp guitars. Gentle mid-tempo ballad 'Today's On Me' features guest vocalist, Audrey Kellar (aka Kit Kat Le Noir) from Les Sans Culottes. 'Satellite' churns with pulsating guitars and a tribal rhythm section, and has a French horn solo courtesy of Catherine Lasota. Album closer 'City Tonight' shifts from one sonic polar opposite to the other, from dreamy to brash and apocalyptic.
REVIEWS:
"Tidy songs in awe of the Kinks and Sir Paul." -Time Out New York
"The hooks they leave behind will swirl around in your brain leaving you blissful and wanting more." -WUSM Radio
"Brooklyn-based Tide gives British mega-band Coldplay a run for its corporate money with the soaring melodies on wall-of-sound anthems... too ambitious for a pure pop record, too catchy not to be." -Arrive Magazine
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