Biography
Tierney is currently on tour with Matt Pond. Watch their performance on Jimmy Fallon here:
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/matt-pond-love-to-get-used/n32711/
Despite amassing a following, scene status, and praise from regional press right out of the gate, Orlando indie-rock band The Pauses released their debut album A Cautionary Tale after only about, oh, TWO YEARS of existence. The official excuse is something about wanting do to things "properly." So they saved money through a successful Kickstarter campaign (a marvel since their fans' bank accounts have a perfectly inverse relationship with their obvious wealth in taste) spurred by a cute handmade video (http://vimeo.com/10712285) and headed up to Baltimore to record this bad boy with the legendary J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines), even enlisting three-quarters of the dude's own band. His wife too? Sure, why not.
Their influences? Too disparate and deceiving to get too into. All you need to know is that none of them are embarrassing. For real. Produced, engineered, and mixed by J. Robbins and mastered by T.J. Lipple (Aloha), A Cautionary Tale is an exercise in complexion and combination, a world where guitars are BFFs with synthesizers, horns, bells, and ukuleles. Tierney Tough's bright, fresh voice - which fits nicely between Metric's Emily Haines and Feist - glides just as easily atop the breathy sparkle and agile math of Rock Band track "Go North" as it does the indie-pop sway and post-hardcore torque of "Beyond Bianca." From the serious, atmospheric mood of "The Migration" and "Pull the Pin" to the lithe, glitchy charm of "Hands Up," The Pauses got mad range, often in the same song. Rooted in the dynamics and ethos of '90s indie rock, their sound is a balancing act between rock and electronics, airiness and heft, suppleness and angularity. And A Cautionary Tale shows that you can explore without losing your core.
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Films:
"The Leap Year" in Wholphin: The Love Competition short
http://vimeo.com/33698394
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Music Festivals:
SXSW, CMJ, Total Bummer 3D, Harvest of Hope, BiMA.fest, Orange You Glad, Harvey Milk Festival, Anti-Pop
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Played with:
Surfer Blood, The Jealous Sound, Fred Armisen, Eugene Mirman, Office of Future Plans, John Vanderslice, Royal Bangs, Joan of Arc, The Starlight Mints, Aloha, Matt Pond PA, Rocky Votolato, Evangelicals, The XYZ Affair, Deleted Scenes, Pattern Is Movement, Sybris, The Appleseed Cast, Modern Skirts, Yacht, The Life & Times, This Will Destroy You, & many more.
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Film Festivals:
"Hands Up" Music Video - Official Selection
Illinois International Film Festival
"Go North" Music Video - Best Experimental Short
Red Rock Film Festival
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Official Love:
"They’ve totally outdone themselves with this unboxing video of their track "Go North" which hits Rock Band via RBN today. It’s one of the cleverest bits of promotion I’ve seen from RBN."
--Rock Band.com
"I adore every single goddamn thing about A Cautionary Tale"
--Three Imaginary Girls
"Besides being blessed with an extended gestation period, A Cautionary Tale also benefits from the presence of producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines) and mastering engineer by T.J. Lipple (Aloha). The result is an extremely accomplished debut record that highlights The Pauses multi-faceted sound. Lesson here: Take your time, get good folks to help out and make the best record you can make."
--My Old Kentucky Blog
"The eight songs [on A Cautionary Tale], as well as the ukulele-powered hidden track that closes the disc, were recorded in a burst over seven days this past summer with noted indie producer J. Robbins in Baltimore. Maybe it was the compressed time frame, but the results exude an impressive immediacy and cohesiveness that it's hard to imagine could have been improved with multiple overdubs."
--Orlando Sentinel
"These Orlando locals took over the Mills Avenue gallery, Substance, with their own art show Thursday night – letting the audience create their own visual accompaniment for the band."
--Consequence of Sound
Instrumentation
Tierney Tough - Vocals, rhodes, Bass
Jason Kupfer - ukulele, rhodes, Piano, Guitar, Footbells, electronics
Nathan Chase - Percussion, Drums
Discography
Albums:
A Cautionary Tale (2011) – New Granada Records
Produced by J. Robbins
1. Go North
2. Beyond Bianca
3. The Migration
4. Pull The Pin
5. Hands Up
6. The Leap Year
7. Little Kids
8. Goodbye, Winthorpe
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Singles:
The Pauses/Great Deceivers 12" Split (2012) - New Granada Records
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Compilation album tracks:
"Don't Wake Me Up" on In Pleasant Company: A Mixtape for Jason (2012) – Futurerecordings
*benefit compilation for Jason Noble (Rachel's, Shipping News)
Links
| http://www.thepauses.com |
| Last.fm |
| MySpace |
| Big Cartel |
| Soundcloud |