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=(%%+,#+,#)#j\I,#6"6S+%25(%<(&#>)%&#.)&(#56#"7#?0)+%)# Moore and Patrick Riley, who, after dating in college, took a sailing trip during which they started to make music !"8(!'(*9#R"-#0"/(0K#)%&#*".)%!+<#)%&#999#>"5*8("+,#"7# them, right? Well, they get the jokes about what some might call coasties here: boat-shoe-wearing, clean-cut, Langdon Street dwellers who are often stereotyped as >(+%8#*+<'#)%&#+8%"*)%!9#?,#,!)!(&#+%#)%#+%!(*/+(-#-+!'#!'(# ?9a9#C05>;#L""*(#)%&#G+0(K#%).(&#!'(.,(0/(,#=(%%+,#!"# .)@(#75%#"7#'"-#:?JDSK#!'(K#.+8'!#,((.9#W+/(%#!'(K# took a 7-month-long sailing expedition down the East C"),!;#-*+!+%8#)#!*)/(0#>0"8#<)00(&#:'+!(#J)!+%#W0"/(, )0"%8#!'(#-)K;#H#<)%#,((#'"-#!'(K#.+8'!#')/(#7"*(,((%# that connection. Tennis did not necessarily intend to *(!5*%#!"#,".(#:?JD#<50!5*(;#>5!#,+.60K#-)%!(&#!"#0()*%# about life at sea while “maintaining an intimacy with the 5%@%"-%i#c,((#!'(#$*,!#6",!#"%#!'(+*#>0"8d9#='(+*#$*,!# album, C)6(#A"*K;#*(2(<!,#56"%#)#F"5*%(K#!')!#>(8)%#7"*# %"#"!'(*#65*6",(#!')%#!"#')/(#)#F"5*%(K9#?,#!'(K#-*"!(#+%# !'(#>0"8;#E='(*(#+,#%"#+%'(*(%!#/)05(#+%#,)+0+%8#"*#!'(#,();# nor is there any inherent demarcation of status or ability. Sailing is only a means to an end and that end is not the ,).(#7"*#(/(*K"%(9#1/(*K"%(#'),#!'(+*#"-%#"<()%9#='(#
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SAILING IS ONLY A MEANS TO AN END AND THAT END IS NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OCEAN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG, IF IT EVEN HAS ONE, IS TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SEEK IT OUT AND PURSUE IT BRAVELY, LIKE THE SAILORS WHO CAME BEFORE US.
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In a time when YouTube can transform any old kid sitting around with a webcam into a minor celebrity, sometimes it’s nice to get a little break from the internet buzz. This constant buzz, in all of its forms, is what causes us to take a step back once in a while and get nostalgic. It’s -')!#."!+/)!(,#.(#!"#8+/(#!'(#?00.)%#M*"!'(*,#)%&#X(&# Zeppelin some attention from time to time. It’s also what ."!+/)!(&#.(#!"#0+,!(%#!";#+*"%+<)00K#(%"58';#)#>5]]#>)%&;# named Tennis.
Being immersed in this music of an escape to the sea seemed like the perfect break from the usual dreariness of V(>*5)*K#+%#:+,<"%,+%9#?%&#+!#-),;#+%#.)%K#-)K,9#J6+*+!,# -(*(#'+8'#)%&#!'(#!-"#"6(%+%8#>)%&,#60)K(&#0+/(0K#,(!,9# I didn’t catch myself looking at the clock in anticipation of the main act like I sometimes do. Surgeons in Heat, an ambitious powerpop group from Milwaukee, ushered +%#!'(#<"%<(*!8"(*,#),#!'(K#8*(-#!"#$00#!'(#2""*#"7#R+8'# T""%9#M*+8'!"%;#L?;#"5!#"7#C'+<)8";#@(6!#!'(#(%(*8K# 56#-+!'#!'(+*#*),6KS/"+<(&#/"<)0,#)%&#,!()&K#>5+0&S56,# "7#85+!)*#)%&#6+)%"#F).,9#=(%%+,;#')/+%8#F5,!#*(0(),(&# their second album U"5%8#r#b0& earlier in February, &+&%I!#,(00#"5!#!'(#R+8'#T""%9#='(K#&+&;#'"-(/(*;#0+/(#56# !"#!'(#,"5%&#"%#!'(+*#)0>5.9#L""*(I,#>*+8'!#/"<)0,#)%&# the band’s sun and sea-inspired, chilled-out melodies !*)%,0)!(&#>()5!+7500K#!"#)#0+/(#,(!9#='(#<*"-&#,((.(&# !"#<*)/(#!'(#/+(-#"7#L""*(;#-+!'#'(*#7500#'()&#"7#<5*0,# and petite frame, and when she stepped away from her keyboard to march up to center stage, her sha-la-la’s *(,"%)!(&#!'*"58'#!'(#<*"-&#-+!'#(/(%#."*(#(%(*8K9# 1)<'#,"%8#2"-(&#+%!"#!'(#%(N!;#>5!#,".(;#0+@(#!'(#>)%&I,# hits “Marathon” and “Origins,” stood out as big crowdpleasers. The band played well into the night and when !'(K#$%+,'(&;#!'(#<*"-&#-),#<"%!(%!9#T"#"%(#)!!(.6!(&# !"#8(!#)%#(%<"*(#"5!#"7#=(%%+,;#-'+<'#.)K#')/(#>((%# >(<)5,(#"7#!'(#0)<@#"7#/)*+(!K#>(!-((%#!'(+*#,"%8,#"*#&5(# !"#!'(#"/(*)00#,)!+,7)<!+"%#+%#!'(#)0*()&K#0(%8!'K#,(!9#H%# the future, it does seem that Tennis could face limitations due to the monotony of their sound, but for now, the light-heartedness of their music allows for an escape to a sunny mood ideal for a Friday night out.