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Cranekiss

by TAMARYN

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    LP jacket printed with a flood matte UV varnish over a silver foil laminate, with dry trap PMS printing and four color spot gloss. Also includes a matte finish printed inner sleeve with spot gloss. Album mastered by Heba Kadry of Timeless mastering and cut at 33 rpm.

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1.
LOVE WIND AROUND ME PEEL YOU A ROUND HEART LOVE WIND AROUND ME TOUNGE TIED PULLED THROUGH LOVERS AT THE WRONG KISS AND ON THE WRONG TONGUE I’M ALWAYS AT THE WRONG PACE I’M AT THE WRONG TIME I KNOW YOU FEEL ME BURN UP JUST LIKE THE HEAT OF THE SUN I KNOW YOU FEEL ME BURN UP AND CHARMED TO KISS YOU LONG I KNOW IT FADED ALL ALONG YOU’VE SEEMED TO MOVE ON NOW FORGET WHAT YOU WANTED TAKE WHAT YOU WANT GET WHAT YOU WANT I’VE SEEMED TO MOVE ON NOW FORGET WHAT THEY WANTED I TAKE WHO I WANT DO WHAT THEY WANT LOVE WILD PULL ME IN I'M FALL, FALLING
2.
OOOHHH PUT YOUR HANDS ALL OVER ME DO EVERYTHING I'D LIKE LIFT ME UP I’M HOLDING YOU TIGHT WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT WITH ME IT'S A MATTER OF COURTESY CUZ I’M REALLY NOT FEELING THAT BAD IT’S JUST PART OF THE FANTASY (YOU HAVE TO SEE) WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW ME YOU WON’T THINK TWICE TO SHOW ME LET ME TAKE OUR KISSES INTO THE LIGHT PUT YOUR HANDS ALL OVER ME DO EVERYTHING I'D LIKE LIFT ME UP I’M HOLDING YOU TIGHT I’M NEVER GONNA CHANGE SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BUT I'LL TELL YOU, SO YOU KNOW THE THINGS YOU'D NEVER SHOW DEFEAT ME WHEN THERE’S NOTHING TO HIDE WELL YOU SAY YOU KNOW ME THEN IT’S NOT SO HARD TO SHOW ME LET YOU TAKE THESE KISSES INTO THE LIGHT PUT YOUR HANDS ALL OVER ME DO EVERYTHING I‘D LIKE LIFT ME UP I’M HOLDING YOU TIGHT
3.
Last 04:28
DREAMS OF YOUR NEW LIFE NO TEARS OR TROUBLES TAKING ME OVER DANCING TO THE TUNE I LIKE IT TURNS ME AROUND STUCK IN A LOCKED GROOVE SAYING “IT’S OVER NOW” IF YOU SAY THAT THIS WILL LAST AND WE PLAY LIKE THIS WILL LAST I’LL BE WAITING IN YOUR PAST HANG UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE CHASE ANOTHER LINE WON’T SAVE MY TROUBLES THEY’RE TAKING ME NOWHERE LAUGHING ANY TIME YOU LIE I SENSE YOU KNOW WHEN TO FUCK WITH A MOMENT SAYING “IT’S OVER NOW” IF YOU SAY THAT THIS WILL LAST AND WE PLAY LIKE THIS WILL LAST I’LL BE WAITING IN YOUR PAST HANG UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE
4.
Collection 03:25
I’M NOT AN ANGEL I FEEL MORE URGENT HAVE TO GET ANOTHER MINUTE INSIDE ALTHOUGH YOU’LL NEVER GIVE ME YOUR LOVE TIME IS TICKING OVER LITTLE ANGEL MIRROR MY ANGLES
5.
Keep Calling 05:30
EVERY PART OF IT BEATS WHILE TIME PROCEEDS TO RISE IN SALT THEN SLOWLY RECEDES DISSOLVE AND APPEAR A PLACE THAT COMES ALONG HEARING HER TIMBRE IT TAKES YOU AWAY AND YOU CALL OUT YOU PUSH AND RECEIVE YOU KNOW TO CALL OUT EVERY MOMENT A SEED A TINY PIT CAN RISE OR FALL BUT NO ONE WILL RECEIVE RESOLVE REAPPEAR OH LAZY GIRL ALONE HEATED IN TEMPER IT TAKES YOU AWAY AND YOU CALL OUT YOU PUSH AND RECEIVE YOU KNOW TO CALL OUT
6.
Softcore 05:42
SEE THEM FALL RAINED DOWN NOW SEE THEM CRY "YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD TRUST ME" CROSS THE LINE RAIN FALL DOWN CLOWN SAD TEARS THEY ARE UP TO HERE AND YOU WILL NEVER BE ALONE FEEL THEM BATHE WITH RAINFALL DOWN THE GUILT IN ME IS SUNG IN NEED
7.
ASSUME THE LIGHT ISN’T TOO DARK YOUR TEETH HAVE FALLEN OUT AFTER THEY MADE THEIR MARK YOU SEEMED TO LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME I COULDN’T SHOW YOU HOW TO QUIT YOUR TRUST OR LEAVE NOW THAT I’M TURNING BACK YOU START TO READ [ASSISTANCE CAME TO LEND A HAND BUT YOU’RE NO REALIST YOU’RE TONGUE TIED] HERE IS MY WORD A CONTEST HAS BEGUN HERE COMES THE SOOTHING PART OF ME SENSE MY WORDS CONTEXTUALIZE LOVE HERE COMES THE SOOTHING PART OF ME THE CENTER DARK CONSUMES THE LIGHT HAS ANYBODY READ THE SENTENCE THAT YOU HIDE YOU SEEMED TO LOOK STRAIGHT THROUGH ME I COULDN’T TURN AWAY YOU PULLED FROM UNDERNEATH NOW THAT YOU’RE TURNING IN I START TO BREATHE HERE IS MY WORD A CONTEST HAS BEGUN HERE COMES THE SOOTHING PART OF ME SENSE MY WORDS CONTEXTUALIZE LOVE HERE COMES THE SOOTHING PART OF ME
8.
THERE JUST ISN’T A PLACE FOR US IN THIS WORLD IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY? KEEP MY SECRETS DON’T CHASE ME DOWN PULL ME IN COME AROUND I WON’T BE FOUND JUST ISN’T A PLACE FOR US IT’S A COOL BREEZE DON’T CHASE ME DOWN HOLD ME UP COME AROUND I WON’T BE FOUND WILL YOU KEEP ALL MY SECRETS? IS THAT WHAT THEY SAID? PUSH ME DOWN THERE’S NO WAY OUT
9.
Sugarfix 04:18
FIRST TO GET A PART OF ALL THE LAST TO KNOW IT WAS NOTHING AT ALL THE FLOWERS OF EMOTION NEVER FALL THERE IS SOMETHING YOU NEED THAT OTHERS LONG TO KNOW BUT IT’S ONE THING I DECIDED TO HOLD ON TO LONG AGO SUGAR CAN SUGAR CAN NOT SOMETHING THERE IS IN A BURST OF LIFE LET’S WASTE IT NOW AND WATCH IT DIE FIRST TO SAY I MIND WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO KNOW WHEN WE’RE CRUEL TO BE KIND THE FLOWERS OF EMOTION NEVER HIDE IS THERE SOMEWHERE IN HERE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE IT’S PERFECT I’LL DECIDE THAT I PREFER TO NEVER GO SUGAR CAN SUGAR CAN NOT SOMETHING THERE IS IN A BURST OF LIGHT LET’S WASTE IT NOW AND WATCH IT DIE
10.
DO YOU LOOK A BIT TIRED? I’LL PLAY QUEEN LIKE YOUR HANDS ON FIRE NO YOU CAN’T SEE NO APOLOGIES WAIT I KNOW I SHOULD GO TO SLEEP NOW I’M WAKING YOU UP DIDN’T LOOK A BIT TIRED? I’ll PLAY QUEEN LIKE MY HANDS ON FIRE NO YOU CAN’T SEE NO APOLOGIES WAIT I KNOW I SHOULD GO TO SLEEP NOW I’M WAKING YOU UP

about

With Cranekiss, Tamaryn emerges from her past in a way that’s inviting, warm-blooded, and shockingly direct. She’s made a big record, loaded with samples, synth triggers and processing that was missing from her previous efforts, the result of long nights grinding it out at the Brooklyn studio Gary’s Electric, where the record was born. The Waves and Tender New Signs focused on the sounds Tamaryn and her group could coax out of guitars, but with Cranekiss her sonic palette has exploded with maniacal abandon, pressed into service of a post-adolescent love letter to all the music that she and her collaborators hold dear, drawing influences from the feelings that fell out of her. Anyone familiar enough with those times should be able to draw their own comparisons, recognizing the modes of musical respect and adoration flashing past as the record spins. From there, though, Tamaryn has modeled these elements into simulacra, where despite the nods and glances to the past, play as a totally new sound.

Lyrically, this is Tamaryn’s most personal collection of songs to date, and Elbrecht has placed her voice front and center across the entire record, elevating her presence like never before. Cranekiss explores dark rock, dance pop, and glistening melancholy with a uniformly commanding presence across it all, in stormy, unsettled brushstrokes that apply pressure behind Tamaryn’s words.

Cranekiss represents a long journey, and a new phase in Tamaryn’s music unfolding before you, a blood-red kaleidoscope of desire and late night abandon, a bold step forward.

credits

released August 28, 2015

"Cranekiss" video:
Directed and edited by Brian DeGraw
Assisted by Michael James Fox and Pam Garber

"Hands All Over Me" video:
Director: Danilo Parra
DP: Kevin Hayden
2nd Camera: Stephanie Szerlip
Producer: Charlotte Wells
Producer for V Magazine: Spencer Morgan Taylor
AD: Joseph Sackett
Set Design: Julian Gilbert-Davis
Set Build: Greg Frank
Art Design: Patricia Mera
Stylist: David Casavant
Grip: Josh Eisenberg

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Mexican Summer Records

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