Young & Old
On their second LP, Tennis take the Brill Building tunefulness and classic indie-pop production values of their debut and add a bit of rock'n'roll muscle. Patrick Carney of Black Keys produces.
If bands have their whole lives to write their first records, they have a shorter window to take advantage of their quirky backstories. Credit then to Tennis—a husband-and-wife duo whose 2011 debut Cape Dory was accompanied by a tale of yacht-bound globe-trotting—for ditching the nautical conceit on the fine follow-up …
In the midst of all the indie "beach pop" bands emerging in 2010 and 2011, the unassuming boy-girl duo that is Tennis felt…
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