{"id":3157,"date":"2025-06-02T14:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xindisiau.com\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T11:01:53","slug":"tennis-says-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xindisiau.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/tennis-says-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Says Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore are closing a chapter. As the husband\/wife duo who perform under the moniker Tennis<\/a>, they\u2019ve made a name for themselves by shelling out retro, purified lo-fi indie. It\u2019s been their main focus since releasing Cape Dory <\/em>back in 2011 \u2014 but all things must come to an end. Following the release of April\u2019s Face Down In The Garden, <\/em><\/em>the pair have decided to walk away from the project after 15 years.<\/p>\n

Now, the band are making the rounds on a farewell tour. PAPER <\/em><\/em>caught up with them at one of the stops, Salt Lake City\u2019s Kilby Block Party. Watching them from the audience during their set, the crowd happily staring up at them, it\u2019s hard to imagine that it\u2019ll all be over soon. Still, they find the idea of closing this chapter and walking into a new one bitter but sweet. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to stay in the moment and be connected and really drink in the fact that this is our last tour,\u201d Moore tells us. Riley agrees, adding that they now feel like their discography as Tennis is complete. \u201cBeing able to play a couple of the songs we wrote for Face Down in the Garden… <\/em><\/em>songs that I felt our catalogue didn\u2019t have. Now we have them,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Below the band send a message to their fans, talk about their final album Face Down in the Garden <\/em><\/em>and discuss which songs they feel best encapsulate this final chapter of Tennis.<\/p>\n

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How are you feeling knowing this is the last album and tour you\u2019ll be sharing as Tennis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alaina Moore:<\/strong> It\u2019s feeling extremely bittersweet knowing that this is the last album we released and the last tour we\u2019ll do in support of the record. There is a sense of relief since we\u2019ve been working towards this moment for a long time. A moment of completion and finality. I feel like we\u2019ve viewed Tennis as a project that had a specific purpose and we feel like we\u2019ve achieved that and that feels incredible. We also feel really excited about the next thing. We\u2019re just trying to stay in the moment and be connected and really drink in the fact that this is our last tour. <\/p>\n

Patrick Riley:<\/strong> Also being able to play a couple of the songs we wrote for Face Down in the Garden<\/em><\/em> \u2026 songs that I felt like our catalogue didn\u2019t have. Now we have them. So we\u2019re able to put our dream set list together.<\/p>\n

Alaina<\/strong>: Yeah. It feels great.<\/p>\n

What song do you feel like is the thesis statement of the album for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patrick: <\/strong>Personally, for me, it\u2019s \u201cWeight of Desire.\u201d<\/span> I feel like that\u2019s a song that we fit a lot of different ideas into and the arrangement is, at least for us, very interesting and exciting.<\/p>\n

Alaina: <\/strong>I love that you say that. I feel like for me, the thesis statement of the album is \u201c12 Blown Tires.\u201d But I agree with you \u2026 \u201cWeight of Desire\u201d is another tentpole song of the record.<\/p>\n

Patrick:<\/strong> Yeah, \u201c12 Blown Tires\u201d though is more of a rare, retrospective song. Alaina is telling a story of the last 15 years of our band and all the different things we\u2019ve had to process. It\u2019s an existential take on being a band and what it means to you.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s been the moment or experience that has stood out since you\u2019ve decided this is the final Tennis album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alaina: <\/strong>The most bittersweet moment so far on tour has been actually crying with fans outside of the venue.<\/p>\n

Patrick:<\/strong> I know, I cried too. I didn\u2019t think I was going to. But it is weird to even acknowledge that our music has meant so much to people, which it clearly has.<\/p>\n

Alaina:<\/strong> I met some people who met their spouse at our show. I met some people who met their best friend at our show and we were just crying about it because that\u2019s so special. And I\u2019m so grateful that our music got to be the soundtrack to someone\u2019s life. <\/p>\n

What message do you want to share with your fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patrick:<\/strong> I\u2019d say we\u2019re out here to have a lot of fun because it is our last tour. And yeah, we want to play a lot of the songs that people want to hear.<\/p>\n

Alaina: <\/strong>My message to fans would be, if all we ever did was have our connection with them and play music for them, we would never quit. Unfortunately, that\u2019s only about five percent of what being in a band entails. So they are the best part of this and we would never stop it if that\u2019s all it was. If that was the job, we would do this forever.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>Photography: Lloyd Mongo<\/em><\/p>\n

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