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Photo by Marus Russell Price Back in 2019, we brought you the rock meets shoegaze sound of Tennis System. Now the musical project of Matty Taylor. They're back with a new single, "Truth Hurts." This new single fits into their previous music. It starts off with some post punk noise before going into the fuzz and swirl of shoegaze. What lets you know it's not your standard shoegaze track is the beat. It's a driving, hard, fairly monotonous beat throughout that feels like the heavier side of New Wave. And then some more New Wave flourishes start in as the song progresses. Basically, "Truth Hurts" is a mix of shoegaze, post punk, and New Wave. We're fully in for this one. Matty Taylor explains how the new album almost didn't happen: “I was done. I didn’t want to make music anymore,  If Chadwick [Johnson] hadn’t called me and said, ‘Why don’t you come down here and make the record?’ I don’t know what the fuck I would have done.  I wouldn’t have made t...

I love shoegaze as much as the next guy, but it doesn't necessarily rock. Enter Los Angeles's Tennis System. The band has all the fuzz and swirling distortion you want in bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus & Mary Chain, but "Shelf Life," their latest single, is a flat out rock song. There's an edge not typically seen in shoegaze. Tennis System aren't exactly metal based shoegaze, but there is a hint of metal in here. Maybe the level of metal that a band like Pelican deals in. "Shelf Life" is a hard rocking, distorted blend of shoegaze, and we couldn't be happier with it. You can listen to "Shelf Life" below. Lovesick , the new album from Tennis System, will be out August 2 on Graveface Records. You can pre-order a copy via Bandcamp . For more on Tennis System, be sure to check out their website .  Lovesick by Tennis System