Tristeza (band)

Tristeza is an American post-rock band. The band is currently based in Oakland, California, and was established in San Diego in 1997.[1] The band has performed in 19 countries.

Tristeza
Background information
OriginSan Diego, California, U.S.
GenresPost-rock
Years active1997–present
LabelsBetter Looking, Rocket Racer, various
MembersChristopher Sprague, Luis Hermosillo, James Lehner also with: Jimmy LaValle, Stephen Swesey, Alison Ables, Sean Ogilvie, Eric Hinojosa, Jimi Hey, Scott Mercado, Drew Andrews, Adrian Plott, Camaron Stephens, Chris Hash, Josh Lindenfelzer.

Members

The group formed in San Diego in 1997, and included Christopher Sprague, Luis Hermosillo, Jimmy LaValle (The Album Leaf), James Lehner, and Stephen Swesey. This line-up recorded all material that was released through 2003, including the albums Spine and Sensory (1999) and Dream Signals in Full Circles (2000).

In January 2003, Tristeza played its last concert with Jimmy LaValle as a main member, but he has joined the band occasionally since.

During 2004, the band enlisted guitarist Alison Ables and keyboardist Sean Ogilvie to begin writing songs for A Colores (2005). This line-up recorded all material that was released during 2005 and 2006.

At the start of 2007, the core of Tristeza (Sprague, Lehner, and Hermosillo) with the assistance of Ogilvie, began collaborating with various musicians around the San Francisco Bay Area, including Camaron Stevens on guitar, and released the Fate Unfolds mini album in 2009.

Production

In 2010, Tristeza recorded their current album Paisajes with Tim Green, who recorded the band's first album.

The Spine and Sensory album was recorded at Tim Green's Louder Studios, a basement studio in San Francisco. It took one week to record and mix the album in the Autumn of 1998. Green has since left San Francisco and moved his studio to Grass Valley, California.[2]

Dream Signals in Full Circles was recorded and produced in Chicago by Dave Trumfio at Kingsize Soundlabs during the Spring of 2000. The album was recorded and mixed in 10 days.

A Colores was recorded during three winter weeks of 2005 at Key Club Recording in Benton Harbor, Michigan by Bill Skibbe and Jessica Ruffins. The album was mixed during the summer of 2005 by Alan Sanderson in San Diego.

Paisajes was recorded and mixed Tim Green's Louder Studios in Grass Valley, California in the Winter and Spring of 2010.[3]

Tristeza's many other various EPs, singles, tour CDs, demos, DVD, cassettes, etc. were mainly self-recorded by the band, as well by Matt Anderson, Alan Sanderson, Mike Hammel, and Pall Jenkins.

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly described Tristeza's style in a review of their album, Dream Signals in Full Circles: "A typical Tristeza track involves a down-shifted take on emo's rhythmic lopsidedness, beds of washy, behind-the-beat keyboards, and Christopher Sprague's arpeggiated, effect-drenched guitar melodies."[4]

Discography
  • 1998 - Foreshadow CD-EP/7 (Caffeine vs. Nicotine)
  • 1999 - Spine and Sensory CD/LP (Makoto Recordings)
  • 1999 - Macrame EP/7 (Rocket Racer)
  • 1999 - In Sound Tour Support Series CD-EP (Insound)
  • 2000 - Are We People EP/7 (Tiger Style)
  • 2001 - Tristeza Rules CD-EP (Rocket Racer)
  • 2001 - Dream Signals in Full Circles CD/LP (Tiger Style)
  • 2002 - Mania Phase EP (Gravity)
  • 2002 - Mixed Signals CD/2xLP (Tiger Style)
  • 2002 - Tristeza/Lemko Hall Split-EP (Speaker Phone Recordings)
  • 2003 - Espuma CD/LP (Gravity)
  • 2005 - Bromas CD-EP/12 Single (Better Looking)
  • 2005 - March of the White Lies CD (Rocket Racer)
  • 2005 - A Colores CD/2xLP (Better Looking)
  • 2006 - En Nuestro Desafio CD/DVD (Better Looking)
  • 2009 - Fate Unfolds Digital (Better Looking)
  • 2010 - Paisajes CD/LP (Sanity Muffin)[5]

References
  1. "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  2. "Tim Green Leaves Town, Louder Studios Home Up for Sale". SF Weekly. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  3. "louder studios". louderstudios.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. "Tristeza: Dream Signals in Full Circles". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. (87). November 2000. ISSN 1074-6978.
  5. "Tristeza". MusicBrainz. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
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