The Pauses is an indie rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2009 consisting of Tierney Tough, Jason Kupfer, and Nathan Chase. Their sound has been called indierocktronica due to its merging of genres. The band also playfully refers to their sound as "beep boop rock".

History

The Pauses released their first album, ''A Cautionary Tale ', ''in 2011 through New Granada Records. The band funded the album via a

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campaign and recorded it with producer

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fame in Baltimore, MD, at The Magpie Cage. "Go North"'','' the first planned single from that album, was added to the

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. In 2012, the band released a split EP with the Great Deceivers, that was engineered by Jim Nefferdorf at Major/Minor Studios, mixed by J. Robbins, and mastered by TJ Lipple (

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). They released "

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" as a single in 2013, produced and mixed by bandmember Jason Kupfer at Deeb Studios. Their second full-length album, ''Unbuilding, ''was released in 2018 on

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. Crowdfunding was done via a well-crafted puppet video on Indiegogo to help fund the production costs. Produced and mixed again by J. Robbins, who, along with the album's cellist Gordon Withers, joined the band for their album release party at Orlando’s Park Ave. CDs. The album also features guest vocals by Janet Morgan (

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), and trumpet by Patrick Newbery (

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). Said

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of the release: “…it’s got a little of the off-kilter mathy guitars of the DC/Dischord scene that birthed J Robbins, plus bouncy Mates of States-y synths, and singer Tierney Tough has a delightfully dry delivery that brings to mind Speedy Ortiz or Liz Phair.” In 2020, they released a split 7-inch of

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covers with Omaha's The Good Life for

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Live shows

In 2019, they toured with Jawbox, opening a handful of the band's reunion shows in Chicago, D.C., Dallas, and Austin, and were handpicked by the band to open the dates. In 2018, they were

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's backing band and opener for the 20th anniversary of Far's '

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' tour across the US. They have also toured extensively with

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, and have been direct support for a ton of eclectic bands including

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, Metric, Silversun Pickups, Poppy, Ted Leo, Pylon Reenactment Society, Cursive, Angel Olsen, Sparta, and The Zombies. The band also does annual throwback shows to the 1990s, starting with a 1994 tribute show in 2014. Some of their live shows feature "Interact-O-Vision”, a keyboard system they invented to allow the audience to control the visuals projected onto the stage. The

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said of the setup: “An audience-guided keyboard system projecting various clips in adjustable speeds as determined by different keys and dials, Interact-o-vision entices showgoers to choose their own adventure and shape their own concert experience.”"Synth-rock band The Pauses elevates Orlando’s indie scene"
''Knoxville News Sentinel''

Discography

References

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