ARTiST: Tender Forever
ALBUM: Wider
BiTRATE: 182kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: K Records
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 47.81 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 35min 07sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-12-01
STORE DATE: 2007-12-04
Track List:
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01. Tiny Heart And Clever Hand 5:25
02. Doves Vs Pigeons 2:53
03. In The Backyard 3:16
04. How Many 2:14
05. No One Will Tell No One For 3:27
Sure
06. Nicer If They Tried 2:56
07. Folded Papers 2:36
08. Well I Can Take It 1:58
09. Heartbroken Forever 3:48
10. I'm So Tired 1:34
11. Wider Too 3:09
12. So We Could Deal 1:51
Release Notes:
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Melanie Valera is the throbbing heart and head philosopher of the solo band,
Tender Forever. She cut her performance teeth on the street of her hometown of
Bordeaux, France, covering sixties girl bands standards for money for a whole
year as part of the Bonnies.
Along with this enriching, character-building experience, this hyperactive lady
started a long-distance electro-pop project with an American friend she had met
on the very last day of her trip to S.F., Ca. Garrison Rocks, a spontaneous
love-at-first-sight band, endured and evolved, up until becoming a
Franco-American orchestra including 3 new members. The team performed about 40
shows in 7 months, notably with Little Wings (K recs.) and Ted Leo (Lookout).
Melanie still had room for more action, and in order to play shows and go on
tour as much as she could, she created a solo project: Tender Forever was born.
ôemotional popö or ôlo-fi R&Bö are unusual definitions, but do not give the
complexity of it at all.
In the first place, Tender Forever is a girl performing alone with her DIY
crafty sounds, a cardboard laptop, a very personal body language, tears,
cut-outs, spasmsàand more. Tender Forever also means countless people, feelings
and emotions living through her music. Tender Forever plays guitar and calls you
into play. Tender Forever sings, dances, gets stirred, excited, worn-out, falls
on the floor and affects us. Tender Forever is something very, very fragile! And
at the same time, it is a great ball of fire dragging along everything in its
way, which might wake up intense things that are buried deep in each one of usà