Jul 2024
Tears Run Rings is comprised of Matthew Bice (vocals, guitar), Laura Watling (vocals, bass), Ed Mazzucco (guitar), and Dwayne Palasek (drums). Over the past 15 years, the band has released three albums. Now they are back with album 4, "Everything In The End."
In 2018, after their first live show in 10 years, the band was renewed with musical inspiration and ready for a new chapter. "Everything in the End" was written over the course of the next several years. While TRR did get together on several occasions for in-person songwriting sessions, the album was largely a long-distance effort, recorded in both Portland and San Francisco home studios. The idea of having a double LP drove the concept of four sides to the album, each with a distinct tone and feel.
Matthew and Laura sometimes swap, sometimes share, lead vocal responsibilities and both contributed lyrically to the album. When writing "Everything in the End," the band asked the question, "What if this is the end? What if this is the last music we ever record together?" The lyrics and the music reflect a push and pull of loss and hope, sadness and joy. The presence of such melancholic imagery is not coincidental. From the very first notes of the single “Lost Touch,” Tears Run Rings tread upon hallowed ground. Matthew approaches the vocal melodies with a reverence, allowing them to transform into a musical instrument. “How Will We Know?" captures the human condition of waiting and hoping for something undefined, with the fading light symbolizing the passage of time. “Since You’ve Gone," laments for a lost presence and the emptiness that follows. "Nothing More,” expresses a realization that sometimes, love is the only thing one desires in a vast and empty world.
