If You Like Early '70s Soft Rock With A Touch Of Beach Boys Sunshine, You Will Love The Tyde
By DJ M on August 30th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
Southern California natives The Tyde have released one of the best albums of the summer of '06. Swathed in sunshine, cool waves and warm sand, The Tyde's third album, Three's Co., is filled with wonderful sunshine pop tunes, "Do It Again Again" and "Too Many Kims," as well as flashes of country rock, "Country Line" and "Aloha Breeze." However, the sunny trappings are, on tunes like "Glassbottom Lights," at odds with the seriousness of the lyrics. If you listen to the lyrics of "Glassbottom Lights" closely, it becomes apparent that the song is about chrystal meth addiction. Heavy stuff.
The Tyde's take on early '70s soft rock & pop is filtered through the folk/country rock stylings of The Band as well as British indie rock of the early '80s, think bands like THE FELT. Some reviewers have reflexively dismissed The Tyde as mere imitators of Brian Wilson and/or the Beach Boys. While there is a distinctive Wilson flavor here and there, The Tyde are much more than imitators. They've clearly staked out their own, unique take on the Southern Callfornia singer-songwriter genre. The Tyde's primary participant is Darren Rademaker, he's joined by his keyboardist wife Ann Do Rademaker and his brother Brent Rademaker, of Beachwood Sparks fame. (NELSON BRAGG, of Brian Wilson's band, also contributes percussion and background vocals.) Great stuff, highly recommended.
THE TYDE the band's homepage
MYSPACE the band's Myspace page
ROUGH TRADE AMERICA the band's record label
HYBRID MAGAZINE reviews "Three's Co.", The Tyde's great, new album
GUARDIAN UK reviews "Three's Co."
PREFIX MAGAZINE reviews "Three's Co."
MUSIC OHM reviews "Three's Co."
SOUNDS XP interviews The Tyde's Darren Rademaker
AUTOPIA MUSIC interviews The Tyde's Darren Rademaker
PITCHFORK does what they do