Thursday, May 24, 2012

San Francisco duo Tidelands returns with sophomore record “We’ve Got A Map” August 7th.

New album again features Magik*Magik Orchestra; Single “The New Black” streaming now.

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Tidelands (L-R): Gabriel Leis, Mie Araki. Photo Credit: Nelsen Brazill.

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“The New Black” is the first single and video from the upcoming new album “We’ve Got A Map” by Tidelands.

 



 


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Read about the upcoming new album by Tidelands in this week’s edition of the San Francisco Bay Guardian

The San Francisco-based duo Tidelands will release its sophomore album We’ve Got A Map on August 7th. The album’s first single and video “The New Black” is streaming now.  We’ve Got A Map is the follow-up to the band’s debut If... released last year.

“We never really stopped after we completed that record,” says Tidelands vocalist, guitarist and flugelhorn player Gabriel Leis. “We were booking three-day sessions six weeks apart all throughout the summer and fall of 2011.” The key word to describe We’ve Got A Map is spontaneity,” says Leis’s bandmate, drummer Mie Araki. “Much of our current songwriting style is based on this word.”

Leis also notes the new sound of We’ve Got A Map as compared to the band’s previous album, owing this to his ongoing deliberate effort to create a more uplifting listen and to get away from the heaviness and headiness of his natural writing style.   “We had moments of that kind of celebratory joyousness on If..., but this time around I wanted the overall feel of the record to reflect this attitude,” he explains.

As they had on If..., Leis and Araki once again collaborated with the Magik*Magik Orchestra on We’ve Got A Map.  “We had such a successful collaboration with Minna Choi and the Magik*Magik Orchestra the last time, we decided to not only work together again, but to invite Minna to produce one of the tracks,” Leis says.

The latest Tidelands album We’ve Got A Map will be released on August 7th. Tidelands will embark on a tour in support of the album this summer. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic to talk to the band or for more information.

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Tidelands Live

05/24 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill
06/13 Santa Monica, CA @ Central SAPC
06/14 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern

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Tidelands
We’ve Got A Map
(Redgummy Records)
August 7th, 2012



Track Listing:

01. Coil
02. The New Black (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
03. Rock Bottom
04. Sexy Fox
05. Japan
06. Toaster
07. Twin Lakes
08. Half a Century

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Tidelands Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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