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Melanie Valera is Tender Forever, currently based out Olympia, Washington .... and Bordeaux, France?
I've only heard a few songs from her debut album, The Soft And The Hardcore (you can download one of the song on krecs.com), so I already knew what to expect with her latest album, Wider (released last December).
Her biography lists that she used to be in a band called The Bonnies, covering sixties girl bands in Bordeaux. After meeting an American friend in San Francisco, she started in various electro-pop projects. Eventually this lead to her solo project of Tender Forever, which she self-describe as "emotional pop" or "lo-fi R&B".
I think she should've called it "diary pop" as it seems all of Tender Forever's songs are very, very personal. I don't know how she does it, exposing herself like that for the world in these songs-stories. Like in "Doves vs Pigeons", where she's talking about her partner:
Oh when you talk about sex, you don't talk about love. It's like saying pigeons are nicer than doves, it's a lie and we lie.
The title of the album is taken from the song "Wider Too". The song is basically a diary entry or love letter to someone she loves. It tells about how she first saw this girl (and didn't know she even liked girls!).
I was really amuse to see her reference to The Slits in "Well I Can Take It": "After soundtrack, we draw fat dogs on napkins. In the green room, we'll sing at least three or four songs of the Slitssss." The song is short and sweet, and it's probably my favorite.
I've also decided to include her video for "How Many", only because I love the dancing and mentally R&B.
Wider is out now and can be purchased through K Records. I just discovered that there is a link from the main page that would let you stream the entire album.
01/27/2008 00:08:13 vu my♥posts 
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