Biography
The scruffy garage-grunge trio from Southern California known as Tomorrows Tulips (no apostrophe) has carved out its own niche with unadorned yet melodically sharp lo-fi rock that feels casually hazy while still showcasing a real ear for hooks amid the stripped-down approach. Their 2010 debut Eternally Teenage came across as an intimate bedroom endeavor, yet the same rough-hewn charm carried over when they shifted toward a harder, louder dynamic on the 2014 album When and the 2016 EP Indy Rock Royalty Comb; Harnessed to Flesh, their 2018 full-length, found them threading those restrained and raucous tendencies into a single coherent statement.
Guitarist and vocalist Alex Knost launched the project in 2010 during a hiatus from Japanese Motors. Drawing from Pavement and the broader 1990s indie underground, he aimed for something less bombastic and more suited to home-recording aesthetics. Visual artist Thomas Campbell heard the early material and issued Eternally Teenage on his Galaxia imprint that same year. Knost soon collaborated with bassist Ford Archbold on Experimental Jelly, which Burger Records put out in 2013; the sessions were engineered by Jamie Dutcher, who then became the group’s permanent drummer. With that lineup the band adopted a more conventional rock format while retaining its lo-fi ethos on When, again via Burger, which included guest work from indie-rock veteran Paz Lenchantin. The 2016 EP Indy Rock Royalty Comb amplified the harder-edged direction first explored on When, whereas Harnessed to Flesh achieved an elegant equilibrium between the band’s jagged and understated impulses.
Guitarist and vocalist Alex Knost launched the project in 2010 during a hiatus from Japanese Motors. Drawing from Pavement and the broader 1990s indie underground, he aimed for something less bombastic and more suited to home-recording aesthetics. Visual artist Thomas Campbell heard the early material and issued Eternally Teenage on his Galaxia imprint that same year. Knost soon collaborated with bassist Ford Archbold on Experimental Jelly, which Burger Records put out in 2013; the sessions were engineered by Jamie Dutcher, who then became the group’s permanent drummer. With that lineup the band adopted a more conventional rock format while retaining its lo-fi ethos on When, again via Burger, which included guest work from indie-rock veteran Paz Lenchantin. The 2016 EP Indy Rock Royalty Comb amplified the harder-edged direction first explored on When, whereas Harnessed to Flesh achieved an elegant equilibrium between the band’s jagged and understated impulses.
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