Tears Run Rings is an American

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band consisting of singer/bassist Laura Watling, singer/guitarist Matthew Bice, guitarist Ed Mazzucco, guitarist Tim Morris, and drummer Dwayne Palasek. They have released three albums.

History

Ed Mazzucco, Laura Watling, Tim Morris, and Dwayne Palasek have been collaborating various incarnations since the mid-90s. In 2007 they released their first EP as Tears Run Rings called "A Question and an Answer". They later teamed up with Matthew Bice of

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to produce a full-length album entitled ''Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never'', which was released on Florida's Clairecords in April 2008. The album was well-reviewed (4/5 stars) and drew strong comparisons to

bands of 20 years earlier: "may be a dead ringer for

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, right down to their torrents of cascading, distorted, and delayed guitars and ubiquitous male-female cooing, with slight seasonings of

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, Chapterhouse, and

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". Their second album entitled ''Distance'' was released in 2010. A third album was released in 2016, entitled ''In Surges''. In December 2016, American

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''Somewherecold'' ranked ''In Surges'' No. 8 on their ''Somewherecold Awards 2016'' list. In 2018, Tears Run Rings contributed an exclusive song to the

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Various Artists compilation ''Resistance: In Support of the Southern Poverty Law Center''.

References

External links

Tears Run Rings official website
{{Authority control Musical groups established in 2006 American dream pop musical groups American shoegaze musical groups Alternative rock groups from California Alternative rock groups from Oregon Somewherecold Records artists