Tears Run Rings (band)

Tears Run Rings
OriginLos Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
Portland, Oregon
GenresShoegazing
Dream pop
Years active2006–present
LabelsClairecords, Somewherecold Records
MembersEd Mazzucco
Laura Watling
Dwayne Palasek
Matthew Bice
Tim Morris
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

History

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Ed 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

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  1. ^ "Tears Run Rings". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  2. ^ Reges, Margaret. "Tears Run Rings | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  3. ^ "Laura Watling | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  4. ^ "Lavender Recordings". www.chlirre.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  5. ^ "shelflife records: about". www.shelflife.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  6. ^ "Tears Run Rings | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  7. ^ "Tears Run Rings - Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never". Discogs. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  8. ^ "Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never - Tears Run Rings | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  9. ^ "TEARS RUN RINGS". www.tearsrunrings.com. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  10. ^ "Tears Run Rings 'In Surges' LP Out 12/2/2016 | Deep Space Recordings". deepspacerecordings.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  11. ^ Lamoreaux, Jason T. (December 9, 2016). "Somewherecold Awards 2016". Somewherecold. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Resistance Compilation: In Support of the Southern Poverty Law Center, by Somewherecold Records". Somewherecold Records. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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