Out of the Garden

by Tancred

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AICFacelift75 I picked this one because it kicks the most serious ass. Favorite track: Bed Case.

KingIsaacLinksr This is...an odd alternative/indie album. It hits several borders of my tastes without quite going over the border to annoy me. It's both a good and...almost sickly experience to listen to. There's a subtle subtext to this that I can't put my finger on. Favorite track: Control Me.

shitski Tancred's back and better than ever. I said that her last album was in full gear, but this just goes into maximum overdrive. Still retaining that burning passion in singing and playing, she's definitely out done herself this time. Favorite track: Sell My Head.

Trveheimer My AOTY 2016. Somewhere between garage, indie and pop-punk, Tancred gives you 11 Killer Tracks that are not as simply as they may seem on the first view; there is a lot of thought behind every chord and every word, yet it remains simple and catchy. And by catchy I mean that I found myself singing in my kitchen way to often. Jess is a true Artist that wants to be heard, and "Out of the Garden" is her very convincing argument.

Yoni Neat album after the ring. Favorite track: Bed Case.

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1.	Bed Case 02:50 video		buy track
2.	Joey 02:18		buy track
3.	Control Me 02:54		buy track
4.	Not Likely 02:54		buy track
5.	Pens 03:15 video		buy track
6.	The Glow 02:24		buy track
7.	Swimming 03:14		buy track
8.	Hang Me 03:29		buy track
9.	Sell My Head 02:33	lyrics	buy track

10.	Poise 03:08		buy track
11.	Pretty Girls 03:42		buy track

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Though technically the band’s third full-length, Out of the Garden is Tancred’s first truly cohesive record: a mission statement that underscores the “power” in power-pop and is punctuated by lyrics as razor-sharp as the hooks.

Written over a two-year period during a break from touring, the album’s emphasis on re-defining feminine expectations was shaped by primary songwriter Jess Abbott’s experiences living in Minneapolis and working at a liquor store in a rough part of town.

“I learned how to speak up when I needed to and how to truly be myself without reservation,” Abbott recalls. “I felt afraid walking home at night, and after a couple of months I just got sick of it and started getting into self-defense and self-empowerment as a means of coping. Finding my own strength changed everything.”

After writing and tracking every song in her apartment, Abbott (also of beloved Minneapolis trio Now, Now) enlisted Kevin Medina and Terrence Vitali to add drums and bass to her demos. The band then traveled to LA to record with OFF! bassist Steven McDonald and That Dog vocalist/guitarist Anna Waronker.

Both producers proved to be the perfect collaborators, with each elevating the final takes via their specific areas of expertise — Waronker helped Abbott achieve the raw vocal attitude exhibited on songs like the seething “Hang Me,” while McDonald orchestrated the tailor-made guitar tones and trashy drum sounds highlighted on standouts like “Joey.”

As a result, Out of the Garden showcases Tancred shedding its former skin in favor of a bolder and infinitely more confident sound.

Opener “Bed Case” bolts off the starting block with a guitar salvo straight from the ‘90s before “The Glow” ups the amperage with crunching riffs and pummeling distortion. Soon after, smooth as silk “Sell My Head” serves up a chorus so intrinsically catchy you'll already be singing along the second time around.

As Abbott reveals, “I wanted these songs to sound sickly sweet, with a looming, gory shadow behind them. Sugary, but when listening closely, unsettling.”

This juxtaposition is presented flawlessly during the chorus of “Pens” when Abbott sings “I’m insanely healthy in my head / It’s crazy how stable I am” amidst a background refrain of “oohs” and “aahs.” While your head reflexively bobs along to the melody, your brain is compelled to decode the ominous double meanings embedded in her cleverly chosen adjectives.

Her fearlessness to discuss these and other personal topics is referenced in the album’s title, an allusion to exiting Eden and leaving behind all the restrictive cultural norms ingrained in the Biblical “paradise”: tradition, purity, holiness, binary gender, heterosexuality, and the idea that anything is forbidden (especially for women).

Says Abbott, “Out of the Garden represents doing what you want, what you need, without letting anything or anyone stop you — and smiling while you do it.”

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Track Name: Sell My Head: I was taught along with math that sister was a psychopath
And everyone should know about it
Everyone should know and I did
I was taught in elementary brother was just gonna fight me
I don’t really care about it
Sit inside your room with nothing

I drank you up like wine
Till my teeth were black and white
You always know just what I like
You drank me up like wine

Educated, seventeen, violated, no esteem
I don’t wanna know about it
I would sell my head for nothing

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