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Tristeza
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Known as much for their consistent touring as their prolific output, San Diego’s instrumental rock quintet Tristeza (“Sadness” in Spanish) formed in 1997. Guitarists Jimmy LaValle and Christopher Sprague, keyboardist Stephen Swesey, bassist Luis Hermosillo, and drummer Jimmy Lehner came together after playing in bands like The Locust, crimson curse, Swing Kids, and GoGoGo Airheart, among others, and recorded their debut 7”, Foreshadow/Smoke Through Glass, soon after. In promotion of the single, Tristeza toured three times, making the 7” a best-seller and proving that they could pull off their intricate, involved instrumental sound on-stage as well as in the studio.
Tristeza’s first full-length, 1999’s Spine and Sensory, added subtle jazz elements to their style; just before hitting the road again, they released their volume of the Insound Tour Support series, a series of CD EPs intended to help promote touring indie bands. Another tour and another single — the Macrame 7” — confirmed the band’s swift musical development and electronic leanings. Tristeza stopped touring just long enough to record Dream Signals in Full Circles in Chicago with The Pulsars’ Dave Trumfio; the album was released in the fall of 2000 by Tigerstyle Records.
The group returned in 2002 with Mixed Signals, a collection of Dream Signals remixes. But Swesey departed the same year, and LaValle the next, so Tristeza went on hiatus while they reassembled their lineup.
Tristeza’s first full-length, 1999’s Spine and Sensory, added subtle jazz elements to their style; just before hitting the road again, they released their volume of the Insound Tour Support series, a series of CD EPs intended to help promote touring indie bands. Another tour and another single — the Macrame 7” — confirmed the band’s swift musical development and electronic leanings. Tristeza stopped touring just long enough to record Dream Signals in Full Circles in Chicago with The Pulsars’ Dave Trumfio; the album was released in the fall of 2000 by Tigerstyle Records.
The group returned in 2002 with Mixed Signals, a collection of Dream Signals remixes. But Swesey departed the same year, and LaValle the next, so Tristeza went on hiatus while they reassembled their lineup.
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Dream Signals in Full Circles
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Spine and Sensory
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A Colores
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Tour CD
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Shoutbox
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the_ryecatcher wrote:
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.
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nicktelles wrote:
sons of bitches! i need building peaks! ALLLLLL OF IIITTTT!
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s0faking wrote:
amazing, their music is good for spacing out
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KrankyJoe wrote:
Man do I ever love this band, great stuff.
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paulocosta_ wrote:
Good band, indeed
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Slaything wrote:
@deadinsideout: as far as post-rock goes, this is one of the better names by far
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arsedestroyer wrote:
one of best post-rock band
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irishtim wrote:
Such relaxing background music. They need a new album soon though. I've burned through all their others.
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ineedmoremusic wrote:
Come to Colombia someday.
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salo9000 wrote:
liking them a lot!
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shindokie wrote:
They need to get a tour going asap! I would love to see these guys live.
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deadinsideout wrote:
lameass name for a band
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Ju1y4n4 wrote:
DEixa eu conferir esse som!
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sickandroid wrote:
1.000.000
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Juanmuse wrote:
Vamos por el 1'000.000 de Scrobblings!!!!
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Apollofury wrote:
where is my new album
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HrsMinsSecs wrote:
Ideal music.
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JeanLeonardo wrote:
Realmente, ótima banda!
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sickandroid wrote:
Ideal music to study
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etcetero wrote:
Qué extraño, para mí es música bastante triste... y hermosa.
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Drew Andrews
The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA, San Jose, United States
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Tristeza
cafe coda, Chico, CA, United States
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Tristeza
Doug Fir, Portland OR, United States
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News
"Fate Unfolds" Bio and "City Gaze" tour cassette
20 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/tristeza
Hello Everyone!The "Fate Unfolds" vinyl is in production and will be available on tour. The digital release date is still pending, but we will post that information as soon as it is official, as well. …
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WEST COAST TOUR in Decmber
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Fate Unfolds / West Coast tour
15 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/tristeza
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