The Tyde
Issue #29
Three's Co. (Rough Trade)
By Jennifer Li
Published: September 1st, 2006 | 12:00am
Los Angeles’s the Tyde have made a career out of playing sun-drenched songs that are a perfect amalgam of British psychedelia and Beach Boys-esque ’60s pop — call it shoegazer music for surfers, or music for kids who aren’t afraid to get sand in their shoes. Through previous albums Once and Twice, the Tyde showed that they had the pop formula down pat. Combining influences that range from Orange Juice, Galaxie 500, and the state of California itself, the albums sounded like unearthed gems from a record collector’s hidden vault rather than the current efforts of a bunch of indie rock notables.
With Three’s Co., the Tyde have done a little soul searching. If Twice was their rocknroll album, Three’s Co. finds the band questioning fame, relationships, and themselves. In “Separate Cars,” a relationship is at its end and vocalist Brent Rademaker begs that he’s done everything he can to hold on. “The Lamest Shows” finds the Tyde tired of the scene that they’re a part of — age has mellowed them out in more ways than one. Aided along with contributions from Conor Deasy of the Thrills and Mickey Madden of Maroon 5, Three’s Co. is richer and more mature than anything they’ve done before. The Tyde may have never left the beach, but they have discovered darker things underneath the water’s surface.
With a lofty pedigree behind them — Darren and Brent Rademaker fronted ’90s indie-rock legends Further, Brent going on to helm the Beachwood Sparks — Three’s Co. makes it clear that the Tyde have come into their own.
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