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Artist
Tin-ear
4+ albums
emoindie popnoise popCanadiantweemo
about
Tin-ear is a band of five "beautiful and young musicians" from Charlottetown. Carrying the torch from Cap'n Jazz, Tiger Trap, and Jerome's Dream, they have developed an innovative sound that they call "tweemo". Their music is "quaint and inoffensive". They have received praise from "several famous athletes and celebrated characters". Hailing from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Tin-Ear channels old-school midwest emo through maritime candor in their debut mini-LP, 'Cadastral Maps.' The band’s five members—each coalescing from disparate realms in the Charlottetown scene—bring elements of jazz, indie rock, hardcore punk, and weirdo pop to sweetly written songs that ruminate on themes of naivete, friendship, and reveries for the future. Written by guitarist Rosanna Kressin and frontperson Helaina Lalande, the songs’ emotive and fast-paced instrumentation add a Cap’n Jazz-like catatonia to the dream-like imagery of the lyrics. Lo-fi distortion and reverb amplify the band’s noise-pop influences, imbuing the bittersweetness of the 90’s into their contemporary aspirations. Lalande’s steady vocals hold musical moments together and give the songs a twee affect. The final, 9-minute track on 'Cadastral Maps' is a wistful, distorted jam song in the style of a supposed version of a Bardo Pond made of children. It is the band’s hope that this track contextualizes the album as a series of rather sentimental journal entries of a crew member aboard a rickety ship that may never return t
