TanlinesBest Tanlines Albums Ranked
6.7
Avg Score
5
Opinions
4
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 5 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Tanlines's catalog across 4 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated Tanlines album is Mixed Emotions (2012) with a 7.0/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by The Big Mess and Highlights. The discography on Wavelength spans 2012 to 2023.
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“Former Prof Murder and Don Cab guys continue to impress with tropical synth-pop that sounds more like Tough Alliance and AnCo than their former acts.”
Mixed Emotions
“Following an EP and various singles, the sunny Brooklyn synth-pop duo's full-length debut aims for the heart and the gut.”
Mixed Emotions
“Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm fill their debut with jubilant dance clatter and interlocking synthesizer and guitar riffs – it’s a propulsive, polychromatic sound you might call Jewfro-beat. Cohen, on key boards and percussion, keeps the sounds surprising: chintzy faux steel drums here, moody Eighties synths there. The results, which flirt with kitsch but never succumb to it, can be unexpectedly poignant. Emm has a warm baritone as affecting as […]”
The Big Mess
“On their first new album since 2015, the onetime Brooklyn indie darlings turn definitively toward dad rock.”
Highlights
“The Brooklyn duo Tanlines recorded their second album in a church with Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, and Highlights sounds like a legitimate pop record.”
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