Tender Forever’s Melanie Valera has made some of the funnest, tender-ist, dancey-ist keyboard pop songs to ever come out of Pacific Northwest. But times change. People change. That said, Melanie can’t stay “Tender” forever. With her new record, No Snare, due in stores June 8 on K Records, she doesn’t seem so tender anymore, as she reportedly “moves away from some of the more exuberant dance oriented songs of past years into a darker and more melancholy direction. Maybe it’s her current residence in the damp and dirty Pacific Northwest, maybe its a little adulthood.” Times change, readers. Forever maybe isn’t forever?
No Snare tracklisting
01. Got To Let Go
02. Like the Snare That’s Gone
03. Only the Sounds That You Made
04. Nothing At All
05. Day Number
06. But The Shape Is Wide
07. Nowhere Good Enough
08. Unfortunate Friends
09. When I’m in the Dark and You Take the Light
• Tender Forever: http://www.myspace.com/tenderforever
• K Records: http://www.krecs.com
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