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	Tamaryn Waves Genres: Pop, Rock Following a spate of EPs and singles comes the debut album by Tamaryn, entitled The Waves, released September 14th on Mexican Summer. These nine songs combine driving pop and lush balladry with layered, guitar-driven ether... more » « less
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All Artists: Tamaryn
Title: Waves
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mexican Summer
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 9/14/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 184923100563, 184923100563

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Following a spate of EPs and singles comes the debut album by Tamaryn, entitled The Waves, released September 14th on Mexican Summer. These nine songs combine driving pop and lush balladry with layered, guitar-driven ethereal atmospheres, against which Tamaryn's voice, languid and restrained, melts against its surface.The Waves is a masterful collision of hypnotic psychedelia and bittersweet dream pop.

CD Reviews

Lovely dark shoegaze album

Stefan Raets | San Diego, CA | 10/01/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Really, not a single review of this excellent album yet? I guess everyone is just too entranced by the music to take the time to write about it! Ah well, here goes...

Tamaryn's full length debut The Waves is a beautiful, dark album that straddles the line between shoegaze and goth, but leans more heavily towards the former. The atmosphere of the album is dark but dreamy. If I had to throw out some names for comparison, I'd say Slowdive, Curve and My Bloody Valentine. During some tracks, the band sounds like The Jesus and Mary Chain fronted by a very heavily medicated Siouxsie Sioux, and during others like a heavier Beach House minus the organ. The layered guitars sometimes remind me of early Cocteau Twins (say, Garland era) but the vocalist's voice is very different from (and much lower than) Liz Fraser's. Anyway, these two lovely people have their own quite distinct style so it's a bit unfair of me to compare them to so many people.

This is one of those albums you can have on in the background for the melancholy, dark atmosphere, but it's also very rewarding to listen to with full attention, preferably on a set of good headphones. I've been playing The Waves on a daily basis since it was released, and still enjoy it more every time I hear it. If you're into dark shoegaze music, you really owe it to yourself to give this album a try."