Tender Defender

After Latterman disbanded in 2007, the socially conscious singalong punk style that defined the group began surfacing in the projects its former members launched next, among them Iron Chic, Bridge & Tunnel, and RVIVR, before the same approach resurfaced intact inside Tender Defender. Following several one-off Latterman reunion performances over the ensuing years, Mattie Jo Canino, Phil Douglas, and Pat Schramm began discussing the possibility of writing together once more. In 2014 the three entered a New York studio for a week to lay down initial tracks for new songs. Because Douglas had become a highly regarded producer within punk circles and Canino was returning to music after addressing health concerns, the group completed tracking and mixing their first mini-LP during summer 2015. The following year they publicly revealed a project they had kept private for at least three years: the formation of Tender Defender and the scheduled April arrival of the band’s self-titled LP on Dead Broke Rekerds. To promote the record, the trio performed across both the United States and Europe.