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Tennis
Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, live 2012
Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, live 2012
Background information
OriginDenver, Colorado, U.S.
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
MembersPatrick Riley
Alaina Moore
Past membersJames Barone
Websitetennis-music.com

Tennis is an American indie pop band from Denver, Colorado, United States, made up of husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. The duo formed in 2010, and released their debut album, Cape Dory, in 2011. Their second album, Young & Old, was released the following year. Their third release, Ritual in Repeat (2014), was released on Communion records. The band's fourth album, Yours Conditionally, was released in 2017, followed by Swimmer in 2020. Swimmer was named one of the best albums of 2020 by USA Today.

Background

Alaina Moore (born May 9, 1985)[1] and Patrick Riley (born September 9, 1986)[2] met in a philosophy class while both were students at the University of Colorado, Denver in 2008.[3][4] The couple started the band after they returned from an eight-month sailing expedition down the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard after their graduation.[5] Moore had initially intended to go to law school.[3] The songs on the band's first album would come to document their experiences sailing.[6] Prior to forming Tennis, Moore's earliest singing experience was in church choirs during her youth.[7]

Career

2010–2013: Cape Dory, Young & Old

Their first releases, both in July 2010, were the "Baltimore" EP on the Underwater Peoples label and the "South Carolina" single on Fire Talk. Tennis released their first studio album, Cape Dory on Fat Possum Records in January 2011. The album, featured on NPR,[8] was based on the couple's experiences during their sailing trip.

During their first tour, James Barone joined the band on drums.[5]

The second Tennis album, Young & Old,[9] was released on Fat Possum Records on February 14, 2012, produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, preceded by the single "Origins",[10] which was issued on Forest Family Records on December 6, 2011.

Tennis released a number of covers as self-released (digital) singles during 2011-2012, including versions of "Tell Her No"[11] by the Zombies, "Is It True?"[12] by Brenda Lee, "Tears in the Typing Pool"[13] by Broadcast and "Guiding Light" [14] by Television.

American Songwriter named Tennis their Writer of the Week for the week of April 23, 2012.[15]

The band made several television appearances during 2012, performing "Origins" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 21,[16] "It All Feels the Same" on Late Night with David Letterman on April 9,[17] and "My Better Self" and "High Road" on Conan on July 25.[18]

2014–2015: Small Sound, Ritual in Repeat

In November 2013, Tennis released a 5-song EP titled Small Sound on Communion Records. It was previewed through Pitchfork Advance on October 29, 2013. In May 2014, the band supported sister-act Haim on their North American spring tour.[19]

Their third album, Ritual in Repeat, was released on Communion in September 2014 to critical acclaim. In a feature on the album, NPR Fresh Air's Terry Gross said, "Can you re-invent lively pop from the distant past? ...songwriting team Tennis does just that with their new third album, Ritual in Repeat", while NPR's critic Milo Miles stated, "On Ritual in Repeat, it's like Moore and Riley discover just how much ancient Latin, or in this case extinct pop styles, is their natural language".[20] Barone left the group in 2015.

On March 29, 2015, Tennis performed at Burger Records' Burgerama 4 festival in Santa Ana, California, and two songs from that set, "I'm Callin" and "Never Work for Free", were later aired on the May 7 episode of Last Call with Carson Daly.[21][22] Tennis were also selected to perform on April 1, 2015 at the United Artists Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for "The Music of David Lynch" event, hosted by the David Lynch Foundation.[23]

2016–present: Yours Conditionally, We Can Die Happy

In early 2016, Moore and Riley once again set out on a sailboat journey in the Pacific Ocean, intended to provide inspiration for their next album, with their sailing experience being blogged by Urban Outfitters.[24]

The band's fourth and first self-produced album, Yours Conditionally, was released March 5, 2017 on the band's own label Mutually Detrimental.[25][26][27] Record club Vinyl Me, Please chose Yours Conditionally as its "album-of-the-month",[28] and the album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Alternative Albums chart and No. 2 on the Vinyl Albums chart.[29]

Tennis appeared at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,[30] and toured supporting Spoon and the Shins.[31]

On November 9, 2017, Tennis released the EP We Can Die Happy, preceded by the singles "No Exit" and "I Miss That Feeling". The band toured North America from November 2017 to February 2018 in support of the project.[32]

Members

Current members

  • Alaina Moore – vocals, keyboards, guitar (2010–present)
  • Patrick Riley – guitar, bass guitar (2010–present)
  • Steve Voss – drums
  • Ryan Tullock – bass

Former members

  • James Barone – drums (2011–2015)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Small Sound (Communion, November 2013)
  • We Can Die Happy (Mutually Detrimental, November 2017)

Singles

  • "Baltimore" (Underwater Peoples, July 2010)
  • "South Carolina" (Fire Talk, July 2010)
  • "Is It True?" (self-released, June 2011)
  • "Tell Her No" (self-released, October 2011)
  • "Tears in the Typing Pool" (self-released, December 2011)
  • "Origins" (Forest Family, December 2011)
  • "My Better Self" / "Petition" (ATP, May 2012)
  • "Guiding Light" (self-released, September 2012)
  • "I'm Callin'" (Communion Records, August 2014)
  • "Easter Island" (Universale Music Group North America, May 2015)
  • "Ladies Don't Play Guitar" (Mutually Detrimental, August 2016)
  • "In the Morning I'll Be Better" (Mutually Detrimental, December 2016)
  • "Modern Woman" (Mutually Detrimental, January 2017)
  • "My Emotions Are Blinding" (Mutually Detrimental, February 2017)
  • "No Exit" (Mutually Detrimental, August 2017)
  • "I Miss That Feeling" (Mutually Detrimental, October 2017)
  • "Runner" (Mutually Detrimental, November 2019)
  • "Need Your Love" (Mutually Detrimental, January 2020)
  • "How to Forgive" (Mutually Detrimental, January 2020)
  • "Superstar" (Mutually Detrimental, October 2020)

References

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  2. ^ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (May 23, 2014), Patrick J Riley, Evergreen, Colorado, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
  3. ^ a b "Tennis: Philosophy Grads Find Success in Music". Pinnacle. The University of Colorado, Denver. June 19, 2011. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Ferner, Matt (April 13, 2012). "Tennis, Husband And Wife Indie Rock Band, Talk Marriage, Music In Mile High City". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Artists » Tennis | Fat Possum Records". Fatpossum.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  6. ^ ""Marathon" | Forkcast Archive". Pitchfork. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Tennis – "Live review: Tennis @ the Meadowlark"". Heyreverb.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tennis Announce New Album Produced By The Black Keys' Patrick Carney - News". Pitchfork. November 9, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  9. ^ "Tennis: "Origins - Tracks". Pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "Tennis - Tell Her No (The Zombies Cover)". Indieshuffle..com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "Tennis – "Is It True?"". Gorillavsbear.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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  13. ^ "Tennis: "Guiding Light" (Television cover) - Tracks". Pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  14. ^ Schlansky, Evan (April 23, 2012). "Tennis". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  15. ^ "Tennis – "Origins" 3/21 Leno | The Audio Perv". theaudioperv.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  16. ^ "Tennis – It All Feels The Same 4/9 Letterman | The Audio Perv". theaudioperv.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  17. ^ "Tennis – "High Road" and "My Better Self" 7/25 Conan | The Audio Perv". theaudioperv.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  18. ^ "Tennis Tours with HAIM, New Album Out this Spring on Communion Records". Broadwayworld.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
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  20. ^ TV.com. "Last Call with Carson Daly - Season 14, Episode 83: Tennis, Im Callin'". TV.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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  22. ^ Phillips, Lior (February 10, 2015). "All your favorite musicians are playing a tribute concert to David Lynch". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  23. ^ "UO Music: Tennis at Sea Day 90 - Urban Outfitters - Blog". Blog.urbanoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  24. ^ "Tennis - Yours Conditionally / Mutually Detrimental from". Piccadilly Records. March 10, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  25. ^ "Tennis Announce Their Fourth LP, 'Yours Conditionally,' Plus Here's "In the Morning I'll Be Better" - Noisey". Noisey.vice.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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  27. ^ "Tennis' 'Yours Conditionally' named VMP album-of-month ‹ Modern Vinyl". Modern-vinyl.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  28. ^ "Vinyl Albums : Apr 08, 2017 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. April 8, 2017. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  29. ^ Campbell, Ana (January 9, 2017). "Tennis Is Playing Coachella 2017, but Don't Expect T-shirt Cannons or Fireworks". Westword.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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