| Release Date: | 051923 |
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May 19 street date. Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen of Tanlines are indie-rock lifers turned reasonable, happy middle-aged fathers of two, figuring out their place in a chaotic culture and industry that can no longer command their full attention.
They are emblematic of a particular time and place that doesn't really exist anymore, yet here they are existing, and thriving, in 2023. "The Big Mess" came together when Emm and his family moved from Brooklyn to rural Connecticut, while Cohen launched a marketing career and a successful podcast and stayed in the city. Cohen gave Emm his blessing to continue Tanlines, even if his own contributions would be limited due to his own non-musical obligations. And with that, Tanlines was reborn. Some songs are demonstrably guitar-forward in ways that wouldn't seem obvious for Tanlines (despite Emm's pedigree in austere avant-garde math-rock outfits Storm & Stress and Don Caballero), but Emm is less sure "The Big Mess" is a total departure. "I'm trying to make these absolutely simple things", he says. "I think of these songs as Rothko paintings: They're big and they’re bold and they're seemingly straightforward, but they have a lot of depth and they engage with you and make you feel something".
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