Tawny Peaks

Tawny Peaks were a five-piece emo/indie band from Montclair, New Jersey that were around from 2011 to 2015. This is yet another band I thought I had done years before, but somehow slipped through the cracks until now. Tawny Peaks put out two incredible full-lengths of clean, jangly math-inspired emo, with distinct and often harmonized vocals. Fans of bands like Joie De Vivre, Brave Bird, Dowsing and You Blew It! will fall in love with this, if you're not already familiar with it. As a quick anecdote, guitarist/producer Sam Skinner is also a member of Pinegrove. There's not much else to say other than these two albums have been sorely lacking from this blog, so please do enjoy.

Tawny Peaks (2012)

1. With Steps

2. Collect Calling

3. More Proof

4. March Sadness

5. The Tree Song

6. Molehill

7. Ambiguity

8. Bring Back The Mountain

In Silver River (2014)

1. Go Ask Arthur

2. Wasting Space

3. Righting The Writ

4. Bending Time

5. Caught Fingers Crossed

6. A Broken Spoke

7. In Silver River

8. Portrait Of Pushkin

9. Confessor's Kingdom

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Pinegrove

This band has been getting an overwhelming amount of requests, so I couldn't wait any longer to finally get them on here. Pinegrove are a four-piece indie/alternative/emo band from Montclair, New Jersey that formed in 2010. For their first few years, they remained relatively unknown, though put out a slew of self-released material. Then last year, they put out a compilation of all that material, which was later re-released by Run For Cover at the end of the year. Now in 2016, they've put out their technical second full-length, but first with a label (also Run For Cover). They've got a ton of attention in the past year or so, and for good reason. They've got a unique sound that's hard to pin down, though fans of Sorority Noise and Teen Suicide will definitely find some appeal in this band. Even comparisons to bands like Wilco and The Good Life could be made. Just give them a listen, the charismatic appeal is immediately evident. Enjoy.

Everything So Far (2015)

1. New Friends

2. Angelina

3. Problems

4. Need

5. Overthrown

6. Size Of The Moon

7. Need 2

8. Namesake

9. V

10. &

11. Unison

12. Palisade

13. The Metronome

14. Mather Knoll

15. Over My Shoulder

16. Peeling Off The Bark

17. Morningtime

18. Recycling

19. Sunday

20. On Jet Lag

21. DAYS

Cardinal (2016)

1. Old Friends

2. Cadmium

3. Then Again

4. Aphasis

5. Visiting

6. Waveform

7. Size Of The Moon

8. New Friends

Elsewhere (2017)

1. Visiting (Live)

2. Angelina (Live)

3. Old Friends (Live)

4. Aphasia (Live)

5. Recycling (Live)

6. Cadmium (Live)

7. Size Of The Moon (Live)

8. New Friends (Live)

Skylight (2018)

1. Rings

2. Portal

3. Intrepid

4. Paterson & Leo

5. Angelina

6. Thanksgiving

7. Easy Enough

8. Darkness

9. Skylight

10. Amulets

11. Light On

Note: All proceeds go to Musicares, the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, and the Voting Rights Project. I won't upload the files, but you can click the link to go their Bandcamp and pick up the album at a donate-what-you-can rate.

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