http://vevo.ly/NHkOqwTENDER - Closer Still (XYLØ Remix)TENDER2019-04-04 | TENDER’s sophomore album ‘Fear of Falling Asleep’ is out now! Shop here: TENDER.lnk.to/FOFA
TENDER’s upcoming debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order at tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction.
"Our debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order limited edition blue vinyl here - tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction"
"Tender wanted to take the direction of a fragmented and collapsing relationship with this one. I decided to touch on the different dynamics which a relationship can hold.
Beyond “happiness” and “sadness”, there are times when two people are just on different paths. No matter the effort they put in, something else is putting them off-kilter and out-of-synch. Call it bad timing, differences, whatever. People also become desensitised to one another, almost reaching slumber, unaware and oblivious to the other’s feelings.
The energy of ‘Nadir’ screams dance to me, so I thought it would be interesting to express these dynamics through contemporary dance." -Jack A. Bowden.
We were like an empty glass, these things weren’t built to last So put your face on and smile when they talk to you It’s not too hard, show complete disregard For anybody but yourself
I hate it when you touch me but I kept it under wraps Get bored during foreplay and I think we’re getting fat Tried to go the distance but we’re only wasting time Who’re we kidding?
This is our Divide Need to go our separate ways, I'm too scared if you stay We’ll hold another grudge, who am I to judge If I will wake up one day and miss you too much Yeah we play with high stakes, it’s a risk I need to take
Dirty beds and Motels, cast your spell on someone else But you, but you You’ll be happy over time Thank fuck for our decline
With all I’ve done and all I say I’ve been loving you in a different way Tried to explain, wash away the pain Things were never gonna stay the same
This is our Divide Need to go our separate ways, I'm too scared if you stay We’ll hold another grudge, who am I to judge If I will wake up one day and miss you too much Yeah we play with high stakes, it’s a risk i need to take Dirty beds and Motels, cast your spell on someone else But you, but you You’ll be happy over time Thank fuck for our decline
TENDER’s upcoming debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order at tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction.
"Our debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order limited edition blue vinyl here - tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction"
We were like an empty glass, these things weren’t built to last So put your face on and smile when they talk to you It’s not too hard, show complete disregard For anybody but yourself
I hate it when you touch me but I kept it under wraps Get bored during foreplay and I think we’re getting fat Tried to go the distance but we’re only wasting time Who’re we kidding?
This is our Divide Need to go our separate ways, I'm too scared if you stay We’ll hold another grudge, who am I to judge If I will wake up one day and miss you too much Yeah we play with high stakes, it’s a risk I need to take
Dirty beds and Motels, cast your spell on someone else But you, but you You’ll be happy over time Thank fuck for our decline
With all I’ve done and all I say I’ve been loving you in a different way Tried to explain, wash away the pain Things were never gonna stay the same
This is our Divide Need to go our separate ways, I'm too scared if you stay We’ll hold another grudge, who am I to judge If I will wake up one day and miss you too much Yeah we play with high stakes, it’s a risk i need to take Dirty beds and Motels, cast your spell on someone else But you, but you You’ll be happy over time Thank fuck for our decline
TENDER’s upcoming debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order at tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction.
"Our debut album, Modern Addiction is out Sept 1st on Partisan Records. Pre-order limited edition blue vinyl here - tender.lnk.to/modern-addiction"
“When I first heard ‘Erode’, it struck me as pure sex. The slow sonic pulses, climaxing in quicker, intense sections put an image of a black tar-like liquid in my head. Paralleling the actions of intimacy, it creates violent waves at heightened moments and falls back to a calm ripple during the moments of tenderness.
With each subsequent listen, the vulnerability of the lyrics became clear. This manifested itself in the aesthetic, by which we deliberately lit the cast towards the blue end of the spectrum. This enabled us to bring out blemishes which are deep beneath the skin and invisible to the naked eye, peeling back the layers between the lovers.
Tender portray an eerily intimate isolation in ‘Erode’. It’s an isolation not between lovers, but between them and civilisation. The natural and simplistic video needed some kind of big reveal, and what better way than to link that isolation to the metaphorical sex? During the last seconds of the song, I visualised a pull-back showing the two afloat on a vast ocean of their own sex (black liquid), far away from the rest of the world."
-Jack A. Bowden
Director: Jack A Bowden Producer: Ailsa Vanessa Tapping Cast: Isaac Plowright & Anna Tatton Production Company: Nonsense & Co. Production Assistant: Femi Anderson 1st AD: Bryony James Director of Photography: Nick Morris 1st AC: Gary Long 2nd AC: Matt Farrant Grip: Dave Bradshaw Gaffer: Chris Broomfield Spark: Kana Hirari Spark: Tina Georgieva Art Department: Ash Halliburton Art Assist.: Meg Nixon
Editor - Jack A Bowden Director - Jack A Bowden Producer - Ailsa Vanessa Tapping - Nonsense & Co. Choreographer - Alexandra Green Director of Photography - Nick Morris Focus Puller - Max Quinton 2nd AC - Isabel Boddy Lighting Designer - Tom Mason-Smith (Dragonfly Lighting) Lighting Designer - Nicholas Whitehead (Dragonfly Lighting) Gaffer - Peter Kehoe Spark - Tina Georgieva Make up Artist - Grace Sinnott Colour Grade - Joseph Bicknell @ CHEAT Colour Grade - Assistant - Caroline Morin VFX: Daniel Hawkins Sound Designer - Joel Neale BTS - Chris Eyles Dancer: Alex Tinney Dancer: Simon Donnellon Dancer: Cecil Jee Thomas Extras: James Stephen Cullen Dan Cobb Joscelyn Lee Jack Pearson Marian J Reynolds Toni-Marie Rowland Stephen Michael Turner Katy Bennett