event Tennis
Also Playing: Surgeons In Heat
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Fri Feb 24
9:30 pm
Tennis and Surgeons In Heat at High Noon Saloon
When husband-and-wife duo Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore bought a sailboat and packed their bags for an eight-month voyage along the Atlantic coastline, they weren’t planning on turning it into a music career. As seasoned musicians with a long list of obscure Denver bands to their credit, documenting the trip in song just seemed natural. Back home in Denver and performing under the moniker Tennis, the two have found that their Brian Wilson-meets-Daniel Johnston, lo-fi pop has an even broader appeal than they ever imagined. A lot broader: The band’s Fat Possum debut, Cape Dory, was met with critical acclaim, overcoming its largely unrelatable backstory with the pretty vocals and accessible ’60s-pop songwriting of songs “South Carolina” and “Pigeon.” The 2012 follow-up, Young & Old, broadens its scope with production help from The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney—which is the likely source of the added punch on tracks like “Origins”—to pay a sweet, worthy homage to ’50s pop.
High Noon Saloon 701 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI
When husband-and-wife duo Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore bought a sailboat and packed their bags for an eight-month voyage along the Atlantic coastline, they weren’t planning on turning it into a music career. As seasoned musicians with a long list of obscure Denver bands to their credit, documenting the trip in song just seemed natural. Back home in Denver and performing under the moniker Tennis, the two have found that their Brian Wilson-meets-Daniel Johnston, lo-fi pop has an even broader appeal than they ever imagined. A lot broader: The band’s Fat Possum debut, Cape Dory, was met with critical acclaim, overcoming its largely unrelatable backstory with the pretty vocals and accessible ’60s-pop songwriting of songs “South Carolina” and “Pigeon.” The 2012 follow-up, Young & Old, broadens its scope with production help from The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney—which is the likely source of the added punch on tracks like “Origins”—to pay a sweet, worthy homage to ’50s pop.
Updated 04/23/2012
