Tanlines are a hard one to pin down. They’re perfectly suited for Brooklyn though. A place that values pastiche world music acts like Yeasayer and Dirty Projectors is a perfect breeding ground for the crazy imaginative, All-of-Epcot-on-a-Record approach to songwriting this duo has come up with. Songwriters/production team Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen have been working together for awhile, (each with their own impressive resumes as ex-members of The Brothers and Professor Murder respectively) but because of their DIY distribution model that includes releasing singles, remixes, videos and other takeaways at entirely random times, they still feel much like a new band. WIth their last EP about a year old, (and who remembers anything from that long ago?) I’m hoping to hear some new tracks soon. This is a band very hard on themselves, searching out new sounds with every song. So where most bands find themselves placing years of pent-up 7-inches on their eventual LP, I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot of brand new material coming from Tanlines for their first full-length, rumored for release later this year. Here’s hoping! – Read Mike Levine’s interview with the band here.
