![]() They shed a drummer, started their own label, and hit the open seas again to rekindle their songwriting flow, which had run ashore. ![]() Mutually Detrimental, Thirty Tigers.Īfter their third album, the slickly poppy Ritual in Repeat, Tennis did a bit of gentle rebooting. It’s a shame, because Tennis’ return to Swift Ranger furnished them with some of their best material yet. This feels like an eyesore amid an otherwise splendid view, an indie affectation that causes the duo to fall just short of their tasteful influences. The keys and bass on the album are unfailingly warm, but the shabby percussion is one-note, almost the work of a different band. Despite the lyrical punch, Yours Conditionally is hamstrung by Tennis’ drums. But whether they are landlocked or bobbing at sea, Tennis remain devoted to a specific span of musical history, drawing on the beautifully rendered tunes that emerged between pop’s Wall of Sound era and the eruption of punk’s unkempt energies, give or take a few years. For their latest, Yours Conditionally, Tennis clambered back onto the boat for an ocean jaunt-from San Diego to the Sea of Cortez-and, they hoped, for artistic rejuvenation.
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