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Tangerine is an American indie pop band. Originally based in Seattle, the group relocated to Los Angeles in 2017.[1]

Tangerine
OriginSeattle, Washington (state), United States
GenresIndie pop, dream pop,[2] indie rock, garage rock revival[3]
Years active2013–present
LabelsSWOON Records
Members
  • Marika Justad
  • Miro Justad
  • Toby Kuhn
Past members
  • Ryan Baker
Websitetangerineband.com

History

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Sisters Marika and Miro Justad played as a duo called The Neons at the SoundOff battle of bands competition for young people, hosted through the Museum of Pop Culture.[1] Toby Kuhn, who was in the SoundOff audience, partnered with Marika to create a duo, The Sutures;[1][4] Miro also played with their band after she entered high school.[1] The group split as Kuhn attended, then left, college,[4] while Marika met and performed[5] with Ryan Baker as they both were students at the University of Washington.[6] When The Sutures reunited, Baker joined the lineup, and the band regrouped under the name Tangerine in January 2013.[5]

Over the course of that year, the quartet released their first two EPs, Pale Summer and Radical Blossom.[4] Both EPs received positive buzz from The Guardian,[7] the print edition of NME,[8] and MTV.[9] The band also garnered attention, including "a shout-out from Governor Inslee",[5] for the early single "Hanford Rivera", which addresses toxic waste leakage into the Columbia River from the Hanford Site.[10] Between 2013 and 2014, Tangerine performed at the national level as part of South by Southwest,[11] as well as regional Pacific Northwest festivals like Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party.[12][1]

In 2014, Tangerine's song "The Runner" was featured in two episodes of season 4 of the television comedy Awkward.[13] In October of that year, the band's third EP Behemoth!, its first studio recording[4], was released. A review in Northwest Asian Weekly favorably compared the "sweet vocals" and "edgy chords" of Behemoth! to The Velvet Underground and Television's Marquee Moon album.[12]

In February 2016, a fourth Tangerine EP, Sugar Teeth, arrived. The EP's first and second tracks, "Tender" and "Sunset", premiered on Noisey[14] and Stereogum,[15] respectively.

In June 2017, the Justad sisters and Kuhn announced a move from Seattle to Los Angeles, aiming to record a debut record as Tangerine and interact with more diverse music audiences.[1] Two months later, the band shared the single "Sly Moon", a track created with help from Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Zach Dawes of Mini Mansions.[16] After a fall tour with Bleachers,[16] this was followed by a Billboard-exclusive release of the single "Fever Dream" in November 2017.[16]

In October 2018, Tangerine shared their singles "Local Mall"[17] and "Cherry Red"[18] with accompanying music videos. Marika Justad revealed that the group's EP White Dove, which arrived the same month, would transition from Tangerine's previous rock direction to a more melodic sound with pop elements.[17]

In October of 2024, Tangerine independently released their debut full length album, You’re Still The Only One. Atwood magazine called it “seductive and spellbinding”, and they named Tangerine one of LA’s most exciting indie pop outfits. [19]



Musical style and influences

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The name "Tangerine" came from the song of the same name on Led Zeppelin's album Led Zeppelin III.[12] The members of Tangerine have described the group's style as "dark pop + rock n roll".[16]

Marika Justad has cited Courtney Love, Mazzy Star, and Karen O as stylistic influences, as well as Lou Reed and The Beach Boys for their ability to maintain "that bittersweet light/dark balancing act" in their songwriting.[20] Miro Justad and Kuhn have claimed inspiration, particularly for beats, from Miriam Makeba, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Antônio Carlos Jobim.[12]

Members

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Current members

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  • Marika Justad - vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Miro Justad - drums, vocals
  • Toby Kuhn - guitar, vocals[21]

Past members

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  • Ryan Baker - bass, vocals[21]

Discography

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EPs

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  • Pale Summer – digital download (2013)
  • Radical Blossom – SWOON Records (USA), digital download (2013)
  • Behemoth! – digital download/CD (2014)
  • Sugar Teeth – SWOON Records (USA), digital download/CD (2016)
  • White Dove – digital download (2018)[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Gospe, Andrew (29 June 2017). "Goodbye for now: Seattle band Tangerine is moving to Los Angeles". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Tangerine Shares Dreamy New Track "Fever Dream": Exclusive". Billboard. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Behemoth! by Tangerine". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Rupert, Dylan Tupper (2014-10-13). "Rookie » Tangerine: You'll Always Be Lonely". www.rookiemag.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ^ a b c McKinney, Adam (6 November 2013). "Seattle's Tangerine pull off a wondrous balancing act". Weekly Volcano. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  6. ^ Pham, Christy (30 October 2014). "Boxes of Tangerine". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  7. ^ "New band of the day (Tangerine 1,601)". the Guardian. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  8. ^ "Sonicbids (cites print version of NME)". Sonicbids. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  9. ^ Greenwald, David. "Tangerine Deliver The Indie-Pop Of Your Pacific Northwest Dreams With 'Nothing Better'". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  10. ^ King, Anna (22 August 2013). "Seattle Band To Release Pop Song Inspired By Hanford Tank Waste". www.nwnewsnetwork.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  11. ^ Pacheco, Agatha (2017-06-28). "Tangerine Is Growing Into a California Orange". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  12. ^ a b c d "How Sweet It Is — Tangerine's New Album 'Behemoth!'". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  13. ^ "Music by Tangerine". Tunefind. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  14. ^ "PREMIERE: Tangerine's Guitar Pop Brings Sunshine to Seattle with "Tender"". www.vice.com. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  15. ^ "Tangerine – "Sunset" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  16. ^ a b c d "Tangerine Shares Dreamy New Track 'Fever Dream': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  17. ^ a b "Tangerine Grab Their Cowboy Hats and Head to the 'Local Mall' In New Video: Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  18. ^ "Tangerine Take Over a Sunny Seaside Town In "Cherry Red" Video (KEXP Premiere)". www.kexp.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  19. ^ Mosk, Mitch (2024-11-01). "Track-by-Track: Tangerine's Expansive, Ethereal, & Bittersweet Debut, 'You're Still the Only One'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  20. ^ "KEXP Q&A: Marika Che of Tangerine". kexp.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  21. ^ a b "New band of the day (Tangerine 1,601)". the Guardian. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  22. ^ "Tangerine - Releases - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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