Los Angeles, CA’s most energetic shoegazers, Tennis System, are releasing their new full-length, ‘Lovesick’, this Friday September 6th via Graveface Records, and they’ve now revealed one more early taste of the album with ‘Rotting Out.’ Recorded by acclaimed producer and engineer, Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Oathbreaker, Gouge Away), ‘Lovesick’ perfectly captures the compelling blend of towering shoegaze and driving punk that defines Tennis System’s sound. ‘Rotting Out’ showcases that kinetic side, opening with a pulsating post-punk bass line and thundering drums before exploding into a hook-filled chorus.
‘Lovesick’ finds Tennis System channeling years of determination, frustration, and musical and personal growth into a collection of songs that achieve the band’s full potential and chart new sonic territory. Made up of Matty Taylor (guitar/vocals), Sam Glassberg (bass), and Garren Orr (drums) Tennis System are a power trio with an emphasis on power, capable of conjuring a storm of noise and melody that would make Kevin Shields proud. While uncertainty and self-doubt are common lyrical themes on Lovesick, there’s also conviction–the desire to make the most of the time we have and follow the most fulfilling path, even if it’s an unconventional one. Taylor explains, “everyone finds something they fall in love with, for me it was music. I’m always searching for that feeling I had as a child discovering it for the first time. Even though so much of this album is about frustration, at the end of the day it’s really about having a passion for something.”
Lovesick track list:
1. Shelf Life
2. Cut
3. Alone
4. Esoteric
5. Deserve
6. Fall
7. Third Time
8. Rotting Out
9. Turn
10. Cologne
11. Come Undone
12. Lovesick