Years active 2008–present Website www.tamarynmusic.com | Name Tamaryn Brown Music group Tamaryn | |
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Role Vocalist · tamarynmusic.com Albums Tender New Signs, The Waves, Cranekiss, Led Astray Washed Ashore People also search for Shannon Funchess, Rex John Shelverton, Kristin Gundred | ||
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Tamaryn (born Tamaryn Brown) is a vocalist born in New Zealand and now based in the United States. Since 2008, Tamaryn has released three studio albums, an EP and several singles. Her multifaceted style melds various genres such as dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk, gothic rock, synth-pop and electronic.
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- Tamaryn heavenly bodies official video
- Tamaryn return to surrender
- History
- Studio albums
- Singles and EPs
- Other appearances
- References
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History
Beginning a long collaboration with Californian guitarist Rex John Shelverton (Portraits of Past, the Audience, Vue and Bellavista), Tamaryn self-released a 2008 debut EP, Led Astray, Washed Ashore (later reissued on Troubleman Records), followed by several 7" singles.
In September 2010, Tamaryn's full-length debut album, The Waves, was released on Mexican Summer/Kemado Records.
In May 2011, Tamaryn's song "Cascades" was rearranged to provide the soundtrack to artist Richard Phillips' short film Lindsay Lohan, which starred the actress herself.
In July 2011, True Panther Sounds released a 7" by Les Demoniaques, a project featuring Tamaryn and Dee Dee Penny of Dum Dum Girls covering "Teenage Lust" by the Jesus and Mary Chain.
In November 2011, Tamaryn provided guest vocals on Mexican Summer's 100th release, a 12" by Ford & Lopatin.
In late summer 2012, Mexican Summer released "I'm Gone," the first single from Tamaryn's second album, Tender New Signs, which was released in October of that year. It was her final album with Shelverton as her collaborator.
On Record Store Day 2013, Mexican Summer released a cover of Turning Shrines song "1/4 Circle Black" performed by Jorge Elbrecht (Lansing-Dreiden, Violens) and Tamaryn.
In 2014, Tamaryn was credited for the rebranding and creative direction of the Dum Dum Girls on that band's third Sub Pop album, Too True.
In March 2014, Tamaryn provided the score to a short film written by Bret Easton Ellis, Are You Okay. Her collaborator on the project was former Coil and Psychic TV member Drew McDowall.
Her third album, Cranekiss (2015), featured production by Elbrecht and additional instrumentation by Shaun Durkan (Weekend), and a shift in sonic focus. "I wanted to take everything I'd been doing and shake it up like a snow globe to see how it all fell together", Tamaryn said in a Noisey interview. Pitchfork writer Jes Skolnik said that Cranekiss "moves from the denser shoegaze thickets of Tender New Signs and The Waves into a pure, sugary dream-pop world. No longer competing for sonic space with a heavy wash of guitar, Tamaryn's voice, even drenched in reverb, becomes the focus". AllMusic critic Heather Phares declared that Cranekiss was "a beautiful pop fantasia that finds Tamaryn expressing her music's passion and sensuality in exciting new ways", and called the album's combination of shoegaze and synth-pop "some of her most arresting music yet".
During April and September 2016, Tamaryn performed as the opening act on Lush's North American reunion tour.