“Fuzzed-out euphoric track with subtle elements of shoegaze
mixed in.” – My Old Kentucky Blog
Listen: “Another Moon” via Nylon or SoundCloud
Toronto-based band Tearjerker will release their new EP Hiding on May 20 via SQE. The EP is available for pre-order now on vinyl in the SQE online store and digitally thru iTunes. Today the band shared “Another Moon” with Nylon and the track is also available to stream and embed via
SoundCloud. Nylon said, “With blissed-out melodies and plenty of feedback loops, the song feels like a dreamy chant–totally authentic and exactly the thing you’d want playing on repeat for a full moon celebration or a chill car ride up the PCH.” Last month, Pitchfork premiered “You Can” from the EP and said, “The band seems to know they’ve designed a lethally powerful hook, so they reinforce it with keyboards and a guitar, pumping it full of air until it takes to the sky, a great big orange blimp floating overhead. It’s all peak, the blissful climax of an Explosions In The Sky song snagged in a processor and repeating.” Revolt TV added, “Tearjerker capture a rapturous and languid post-rock wave and ride it for nearly five minutes (the last half-minute is a wind-down from what otherwise sounds already like a blissed-out come-down)…This one is all about the guitar, the piano, the instrumental churn, the overall mix.”
Tearjerker was born from the shared mindset that allowed for each member to play an equal part in the creative process. Since 2009, the band has released two albums, an EP, a few remix projects, and a handful of singles, completely independently. Everything, from the writing, recording, production and album artwork has come from the three of them. Tearjerker has even released special edition cassettes of their albums with handmade packaging, lending a personal, tangible feel to each offering.
The band’s first release on SQE is a four-song EP called Hiding. The gauzy, surging, shoegazy indie rock songs were written and recorded in the musicians’ homes in Toronto. Much of the music was recorded separately, in solitary circumstances, and then brought together to create the sprawling, layered melodies. Throughout the EP, lead vocalist / guitarist Micah Bonte’s lyrics find emotional grounding in the music itself. Hiding also offers a preview of what’s to come on the band’s next full-length, which they are presently writing to release later in 2014.
Tearjerker, in its current form, operates on instinct and sincerity. They’re less concerned with selling singles than they are with being a prolific group that consistently unveils interesting new music. And it’s important to them that each piece of that music exists in the world in palpable form. “We take pride in making a really cool product that we can hold,” Tearjerker drummer Trevor Hawkins says. “It’s exciting for us as much as it is for anybody who is a fan.”
Hiding EP Track List
1. Door
2. Hand
3. Another Moon
4. You Can (streaming at Pitchfork)
