tinvìs
opaque nostalgia; cautious optimism
About
Born of a move to Austin, Texas from Davis, Ca - tinvìs took root. Founder and songwriter Joel Daniel, a long time member of the Davis/Sacramento music scene who played in bands for many years with members of Tycho, An Angle, Best Move, and Dusty Brown to name some sought to write a collections of songs on his own with the hope of becoming at part of the long tradition of Austin, Texas music.
He wrote a collection of songs inspired by everything from contemporary Bob Dylan, and vintage Neil Young, to Modest Mouse and Radiohead, to the young female singer songwriters that are leaving their mark on contemporary society: Phoebe Bridgers, Ex:Re, Flock of Dimes, Adrianne Lenker, and last but not least early Bon Iver and the National.
With the songs written, Joel tapped Max Hart (War on Drugs, Tegan & Sara, Melissa Etheridge, We are Scientists) to produce the record. Together, they whittled down collection of the 70+ songs Daniel had written to a more manageable number.
Hart enlisted some stellar musicians to play on the project including Jon Natchez (War on Drugs, Beirut), Luke Reynolds (Guster, Neko Case, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten), and Eric Gardener (Tom Morello, Melissa Etheridge). A substantial amount being recorded in Austin with Britton Beisenherz (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Marie/Lepanto, Will Johnson, Little Mazarn) of Ramble Creek Studio.
The songs carry a sense of melancholy and haunted nostalgia, but Daniel tried to maintain a sense of cautious optimism throughout.
The collection will be called Texnia. The vastness of those two states, and the mostly desert in between, hold both endless opportunity and jeopardy.