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Tender

by Allison Lorenzen

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Nathan Hatton This is one of my favorite finds of this year. Midwife shared a cover song Allison did, and it hooked me immediately. Poignant sound gushes through each moment of this record, and it stands as a shining example of how quickly dreampop/slowcore can pierce your heart. Favorite track: Chalk (feat. Midwife).
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Knight Falchion beautiful, haunting, and aching dream pop/slowcore. fills my headspace perfectly and gets me to feel its emotions. Favorite track: Backwards.
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tim Absolutely beautiful and haunting. Some of the best music I've heard in awhile. Watch the video for "Chalk" and buy this album ASAP. Favorite track: Chalk (feat. Midwife).
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Chalk (feat. Midwife) 05:01
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Vale (feat. Midwife) 05:19
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In a Dream 03:59
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Afterthought 03:12
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Backwards 04:11
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Tentacles (feat. Midwife) 04:29
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Mirrors 05:33
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about

Still reeling from the gut-punch of the distortion filled lead single “Vale” released earlier this year, many of us wondered what a full-length LP by the Denver based artist would sound like. Using the dystopian fever-dream of the aforementioned Midwife collaboration as a noise floor, the 8 songs on Tender spiral upwards like worried smoke against a low cloud ceiling, reaching towards the light but always within sight of the loamy earth surface. Shepherding lush, heavy compositions by way of synths, keys, guitars and subtle percussion, Tender finds Allison Lorenzen at her most vulnerable. Nursing old wounds from the end of a relationship and her musical project School Dance, Tender is also filled a renewed sense of heartbreak-made-triumphant that comes after the wisdom of solitude, allowing oneself to be taken care of by family and friends and, finally, documenting the way through.

The way through figures heavily on Tender. Imagery of passages through liminal spaces are replete. “Vales” occur as emotional valleys as well as McCarthy-inspired end times, “Mirrors” are portals into deep self-reflection, “Tentacles” keep pulling us back into old patterns, old memories. Musically, this non-linear approach to healing is explored through songs that move from light to dark and back again, often within the same song, if not within the same phrase.

Lorenzen’s voice has an uncanny choral quality to it. Taking a phrase that would have sounded quite beautiful sung straight in her smoky, ephemeral delivery, Lorenzen frequently raises the stakes by taking a single word through several octave changes within the same breath. Treading similar musical paths to Beach House in her penchant for writing quiet, world-shifting crescendos, the nocturnal, Styx-guiding Dream Pop of Julee Cruise and the heavy, distortion filled guitars and world-weary vocals of Miserable and frequent Tender collaborator Midwife, Lorenzen’s work comes alive in its own cinematic universe.

*This is a pre-order. Records will be shipped in June 2023.

credits

released November 19, 2021

Featuring collaborations with Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Daniel Patrick Henry (Memory Tapes), Tender was written, recorded, and produced by Allison Lorenzen in Colorado, with the exception of VALE; recorded by Madeline Johnston. "Chalk" and "Afterthought" mixed by Charles Kern and "Birds, A Chapel" mixed by Luke Thinnes.

Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur at Anacortes Unknown Studio.
Artwork: Elena Zhukova edited by Arielle Casale. Layout and design Dustin Bowen

Deepest thanks to friends and family, including but not limited to: Daniel Patrick Henry, Madeline Johnston, John and Sandy and my entire family, Esther Kang, Arielle Casale, Ryan Hall, Ryan Hill, Charles Kern, Luke Thinnes.

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Allison Lorenzen Denver, Colorado

Based in Southern Colorado, Allison Lorenzen's darkwave dreampop sound explores a minimalist approach to acutely felt noise- pop and aching slowcore. Her first solo album, Tender, was released by Whited Sepulchre Records in 2021 to critical praise. Allison Lorenzen and Midwife's 2023 cover of Bush's 1994 alt-rock hit "Glycerine" received acclaim from many publications including NPR and Stereogum. ... more

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