Embers is out Friday 🖤 May 1
The intro of the opening song “We Are Listening” sounds like going to church through a cemetery. I’d never played an organ before, but my grandmother played organ for the church her entire life. My grandparents played an essential part in raising me, and she had just recently passed, so I felt as if she was playing through me. The beginning of this song is an homage to her.
When I ask my grandfather how he’s doing, he says, “Feelin’ like a million. If I felt any better, I would have to take a pill for it.” So he gets all the credit for the first line of the album.
I just love when the chorus hits. “All my eyes are closed” includes my third eye, so that all the auditory senses are heightened.
“Three more curves then I’ll be home” is almost like I’m convincing myself that I’ll make it “home” one day. But I do believe that home is where the heart is, and my heart is in the music, so, in a sense, I’m already home. -CHR
VOID behind the scenes abstractions - analog recording some vox/drums in the hi-desert at @gatostrailstudio with @danjoeright - analog mixing to 1/4” at @company_la with @behussey & @c.ray.zay - bts footage from the video shoot by @bitely - VIDEO LINK IN PROFILE - #dreampop #shoegaze #crowleylake #yuccavalley #joshuatree
Los Angeles duo @tangients unveil their long-awaited debut album, Embers, today 🌀 A shimmering display of celestial shoegaze and otherworldly dream pop, TANGIENTS have crafted a masterfully modernized sound of ‘80s/‘90s-era 4AD and Cocteau Twins-like ethereal wave — in a dimension all its own. 💫
More than a document of survival, Embers is a call to presence. It reflects on the risks of becoming untethered — of losing oneself to the weight of the past or the uncertainty of the future — and offers, instead, a quiet directive: remain here. As the album unfolds, it encourages listeners to hold onto even the smallest spark of hope, to find meaning in the moment, and to continue forward with intention.
With Embers, TANGIENTS deliver a debut that is both deeply personal and universally resonant — an album that lingers like memory, but burns with the
promise of what’s still to come.
#shoegaze #etherealwave #postpunk #bandcampfriday #dreampop
Thank you for the amazing support for last week’s release of “The Ether”. It’s been great to finally start releasing this music after so much time and so much life has happened #IYKYK. We are super proud of this record, as well as all the other stuff that will creep out this year. On the horizon is the 2nd video from Embers (Out May 1) which we think you are going to 🖤. Stay tuned.
*This is not a resurrection, it’s a celebration*
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“Some behind the scenes…we started with the visual of me laying flat, covered in taffeta but with red lipstic and a pure white dress…representing a translucent casket…I’m playful under this fort that we created… that displays love and understanding of what’s to come…How cold that water was…. We added milk and flowers to give this ethereal feel and an homage to death and a beautiful and innocent pure light…but it still haunts me….Finally, covered in volcanic clay…bodies being cremated and literally turned to ash…all the while still singing…just knowing that death is imminent“ #dreampop #shoegaze
Out March 13th, the first single, “The Ether” from the long-awaited full-length debut of Los Angeles duo @tangients , Embers, arrives with a nocturnal pulse. Dreamweaver Chelsea Ray evokes ethereal sweetness with her vocal delivery, landing somewhere in between Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser’s lush murmurs and modern alt-pop icon Aurora’s soaring call. A nostalgic, romantic feeling whisks the song into a dreamy splendor. Seriously glittery guitars send the track swooning into the stratosphere like stars hanging speechlessly in the sky, leaving ample space and pause to reflect between pulses. The interstellar transmission is situated atop a laid-back yet tightly knit percussive backbone.
“The Ether” music video is now streaming on YouTube.
TANGIENTS are a Los Angeles-based duo comprised of multi-instrumentalists Chelsea Ray and Be Hussey, who craft modern nu-gaze gems inspired by ‘80s post-punk, ‘90s shoegaze, and dream pop. Combining Chelsea Ray’s dreamlike vocals with a melodic sonic wall of blissed-out guitars, the duo melds together dreamworlds of gazed-out delight. After releasing 2018 single “White Foam” and 2019’s “Hazel,” the band carved a name for themselves amongst fans of dreamy post-punk and ethereal wave. Now, they return with the contemporary yet timeless collection of songs that make up their hotly anticipated debut full-length, Embers.
#shoegaze #etherealwave #postpunk #losangelesmusic #dreampop
