Tidal Arms is an experimental/psychedelic/rock band from

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that formed in 2009. They self-released their first album, ''The Sun Exploding'', on February 13, 2011, and followed up with a national tour supporting

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. The band's self-titled second album was released on November 26, 2013 via Black Numbers.

Formation

Following the break-up of his bands From Autumn To Ashes and

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, vocalist/drummer

Francis Mark Francis Mark is an American drummer, singer, guitarist, songwriter and artist known as a member of the bands From Autumn to Ashes, Warship, Biology, and Tidal Arms. Mark currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and plays with Tidal Arms. Before ...

went on to form

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. In 2009, after the departure of Warship's co-founding members, Mark met guitarist Tom Tierney on Craig's List and hired him to perform with the band on a national tour supporting

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. Mark and Tierney continued playing together after the tour, splitting time writing between Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Shortly thereafter, ex-

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bassist Patrick Southern was brought into the rehearsals and writing sessions for what would become Tidal Arms.

Band Name Origin

When two galaxies pass by each other in close proximity, their shapes distort due to each other's gravity. The outside spiral arms splay out into space, often casting stars and dust into the abyss as their host galaxies drift slowly back towards each other in orbit. These spiral distortions are called tidal arms, or more commonly,

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Members

- drums *Tom Tierney - guitar, vocals *Patrick Southern - bass

Discography

*Hair and Teeth/Flooded Meadows 7" (2010) * The Sun Exploding (2011) * Tidal Arms (album) (2013)

References

External links

Official SiteTidal Arms on Facebook.comTidal Arms on Bandcamp.com
{{Authority control American experimental musical groups Psychedelic rock music groups from New York (state)