Photo by Erez Avissar
Teengirl Fantasy's sophomore album, Tracer, is
now out on True Panther Sounds / R&S. A special limited one-time pressing
of a lenticular version of the LP is available to order here. Teengirl
Fantasy will also be celebrating their album release with a boat cruise show in
NYC on August 23. Joining them for the show will be Kelela, Lemonade, MikeQ,
and Massacooramaan. You can buy tickets for it here.
While students at Oberlin College, Nick Weiss and Logan
Takahashi connected over a shared love of classic house and techno records that
prompted them to make, "some kind of dance music that wasn't just
emulating what we were hearing." The duo formed their music organically, improvising
over loops that eventually materialized into full-fledged compositions.
Rather than relying on triggering loops, or quantization, Teengirl Fantasy's
music has always been performed and composed live, resulting in a form of
discourse between the band and their instruments. The result is a-typical for
electronic dance music- colorful, maximalist textures and tones that move along
with a driving rhythm yet still retain a distinctly human and emotional core.
In the fall of 2010, True Panther Sounds and Merok released
Teengirl Fantasy's debut LP, 7AM. Titled after the, "confused,
dreamy, half-awake, half-asleep state that one experiences after staying up all
night partying," 7AM was critically praised for its
creative use of samples and experimentation. The album made numerous year-end
lists including FACT, Pitchfork, XLR8R and established the pair as electronic
visionaries.
On their sophomore LP, Tracer, Teengirl Fantasy
cuts through some of the haze of their earlier recordings to create their most
compositionally sophisticated work yet. "It's more focused, far-reaching
and it takes more risks." Unlike 7AM, Tracer is
completely sample-free and features an array of vocalists including Panda Bear,
Romanthony (of Daft Punk's "One More Time" fame), Laurel Halo, and
newcomer Kelela. For the songs with vocalists, their approach is, "a
wacked version of the pop format." The album is sonically maximal and
symphonic, with heavily layered songs containing multiple elements. "The
editing is more painstaking- there's more crafting to the songs," says the
duo. Although Tracer touches on an array of genres such as
techno, pop, R&B, and house, it simulates a cohesive journey.
Tracer will be released August 21 by True
Panther Sounds in North America in conjunction with R&S in Asia, Australia
and Europe.
Flyer by Kari Altmann
TEENGIRL FANTASY
8/23 New York, NY - Rocks Off Cruise - Album Release Show! #
8/31 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
9/01 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
9/05 Cleveland, OH - Case Western
9/07 Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College ^
9/08 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin
9/09 Lake Forest, IL - Lake Forest College
9/29 Seattle, WA - Decibel Festival $
# w/ Kelela, Lemonade, MikeQ, Massacooramaan
* w/ Gatekeeper, Thunder Horse
^ w/ Gatekeeper, Supreme Cuts
$ w/ Actress
Teengirl Fantasy
Tracer
(True Panther Sounds / R&S)
Street Date: August 21, 2012
Formats: CD / LP / Digital
Artwork by Kari Altmann
1. Orbit
2. EFX feat. Kelela
3. Eternal
4. Pyjama feat. Panda Bear
5. Mist of Time feat. Laurel Halo
6. End
7. Vector Spray
8. Inca
9. Do It feat. Romanthony
10. Timeline
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