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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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Shoutbox
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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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Juanmuse wrote:
Qué pasa, por qué nadie comenta. Arriba Tristeza, qué grupazo.
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Juanmuse wrote:
Tristeza is from the Spanish. Pero ésta música no es para nada triste, es de hecho la cosa más alegre que he descubierto (But this music isn't sad at all. It's in fact the happiest thing I've found out)
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formatodigital wrote:
sweet
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Duplex-Ache wrote:
Thank you for comfortable sounds.
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Deybid wrote:
I know, but if you read the profile you will notice the name was took it from spanish, Luis Hermosillo have Mexican family and also, they form the band near from Mexico. So, i conclude that they took the name originally from spanish, NOT portuguese.
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XgiselaX wrote:
@Deybid: "Sadness" is also "Tristeza" in portuguese. (:
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Deybid wrote:
@r00dris, its not from portuguese, its from spanish. lol to you...
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darsysparks wrote:
And coming from someone who listen to pink... tell me r00dris, are your charts even legal? Theyre that bad....
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darsysparks wrote:
If 1997 is the latest fashion I suppose...
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