N TAPES ’N TAPES an Indie-Rock Upstart Finds Space in Its Songs During a Full-Circle Journey to Independence
DECEMBER 2010 ISSUE MMUSICMAG.COM SPOTLIGHT ittig w Cameron erik Appelwick, matt Kretzman, Adrian Cook Josh Grier, Jeremy hanson TAPES ’N TAPES An indie-rock upstart finds space in its songs during a full-circle journey to independence In some wAys, the story of tApes completely abandoned the mangy guitars ’n tapes reads like a case study of how the and rolling-boil drums heard on its breakout music business has changed over the last 2005 single “Insistor,” the Outside tracks lead half-decade. the minneapolis quartet with melodies set high in the mix. “people released its debut, The Loon, in 2005, you Know” is a ’50s-style ballad about the independently (in the U.s., at least) on comforts of home, while “one in the world” its own Ibid label. the buzz earned them is a spanish-tinged number complete with a spot on the roster of XL recordings horns and castanets. “sonically, we talked a and a bigger budget for their sophomore lot about making sure there’s space, where DECEMBER 2010 effort, 2008’s Walk It Off. By the time you can say, ‘oh, I can pick out that bass the group began work on its new album, part,’ or ‘I can pick out what the guitar is M MUSIC & MUSICIANS Outside, the members had decided to doing,’” says Grier, who co-founded the MAGAZINE go it alone again. group in minneapolis during the winter “we’d saved enough money so we of 2003. “when we were making the last could do that, and the overall music climate record it was kind of a stressful time.
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