Review: Tennis - 'Cape Dory'

Cape Dory, out today on Fat Possum Records

as seen in the Daily Nebraskan
Denver band Tennis has never made sailing sound so easy on the ear.

Husband and wife Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore's debut album "Cape Dory," out today, stands as a documentation of an eight-month sailing trip they took along the Atlantic coast.

"It was very fortuitous," said Riley in an interview with the Daily Nebraskan last October. "Alaina and I didn't really know that our styles of play would go together so well."

And "go together" they do.

With Moore singing and playing keys and Riley on the guitar, Tennis presents their sound compiled of velvety female vocals, droning keyboard compositions and surfy guitar reverberation, leaving no one high and dry. 

Tennis announces 2011 tour with a stop at the Slowdown

[Tennis w/ Holiday Shores] [Friday, February 19, 2011] [Slowdown, Omaha]

mp3: Take Me Somewhere

Incase you missed Tennis the past couple times they were in Omaha, Feb. 19 is the day to see them for their show at the Slowdown. The husband/wife duo recently announced their 2011 tour in support of their album "Cape Dory," coming out on Fat Possum Records Jan. 18. 

"Cape Dory," out Jan. 18 and available for pre-order.

I caught them this past October when they opened with Japandroids for the Walkmen, and I would say that I thoroughly enjoyed their set. 


You can hear a few early-version tracks that will be on "Cape Dory" from their 7" and cassette  they released this year. 


"We re-recorded them and they actually sound quite a bit different I think," said guitarist Patrick Riley in an interview with Daily Nebraskan in early October.

They also recently released the new track "Take Me Somewhere" from the new album, you can listen and download it above.  

Tennis debut album due out in 2011

mp3: "Marathon"

Denver husband/wife duo Tennis recently announced the expected release of their debut LP with Fat Possum Records in 2011. 

The band released a 7-inch with Underwater Peoples that featured their tracks "Baltimore," "Cape Dory" and "Marathon."


According to band member Patrick Riley, the new album will feature those three tracks, re-recorded, and more new tracks as apart of a concept album with work inspired from an 8-month sailing trip the two took along the Atlantic coast.


My interview with Patrick will be in the upcoming week's Daily Nebraskan.


Tennis is opening with Japandroids for The Walkmen on Sat. 16 at the Waiting Room in Omaha. Check 'em out.