The Tenderhooks combine indie rock attitude with folk music mentality to create a unique lyric-centric melodicism.

10 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Folk Rock, POP: Quirky



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Tenderhooks is a lyrical country-rock band with a progressive bent, hailing from Knoxville, TN's small but eclectic music scene. Principal songwriters Jake Winstrom and Benjamin Oyler met in high school and have been nurturing their creative collaboration ever since, developing a singular and powerful brand of song-craft. The duo's literate, witty wordplay and inventive melodicism is brought to life by Winstrom's plaintive vocals and soaring range. Oyler's idiosyncratic leads and crunchy riffs add an edgy, Duane Allman-meets-Tom-Verlaine fury to the fold, while bassist Emily Robinson's lilting vocal harmonies provide the perfect accompaniment for Winstrom's unusual voice. Robinson's melodic, McCartney-esque bass lines also give an essential contrast to the band's often cryptic lyricism. The rhythm section is texturally and rhythmically filled out by drummer Matt Honkonen's inventive, jazz-inflected percussion work. Having just completed their first full length LP, Vidalia, with Don Coffey Jr. (ex-Superdrag), and signing with Knoxville's Rock Snob Records, the band is poised for east coast tour and national takeover