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Tennis (band)
Tennis was an American indie pop band from Denver made up of husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. The duo formed in 2010 and released their debut album, Cape Dory, in 2011. A second album, Young & Old, was released in 2012. Their third album, Ritual in Repeat (2014), was released on Communion Records.
The band's fourth album, Yours Conditionally, was released in 2017, and their fifth, Swimmer, followed in 2020. Swimmer was named one of the best albums of 2020 by USA Today. Their sixth studio album, Pollen, was released in 2023. In 2025, after announcing an indefinite hiatus, Tennis released their final studio album, Face Down in the Garden, on April 25, 2025.
Alaina Moore (born May 9, 1985) and Patrick Riley (born September 9, 1986) met in a philosophy class as students at the University of Colorado Denver in 2008. The couple started the band after returning from an eight-month sailing expedition on the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard after their graduation. Moore initially had intended to go to law school. The songs on the band's first album document their experiences sailing. Before forming Tennis, Moore's earliest singing experience was in church choirs during her youth.
Tennis's first releases, both in July 2010, were the "Baltimore" EP on the Underwater Peoples label and the "South Carolina" single on Fire Talk. Tennis released their first studio album, Cape Dory, on Fat Possum Records in January 2011. The album, featured on NPR, was based on the couple's experiences during their sailing trip. During their first tour, James Barone joined the band on drums.
The second Tennis album, Young & Old, was released on Fat Possum Records on February 14, 2012, produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, preceded by the single "Origins", which was issued on Forest Family Records on December 6, 2011. Tennis released a number of covers as self-released (digital) singles during 2011-2012, including versions of "Tell Her No" by the Zombies, "Is It True?" by Brenda Lee, "Tears in the Typing Pool" by Broadcast and "Guiding Light" by Television. American Songwriter named Tennis their Writer of the Week for the week of April 23, 2012. The band made several television appearances during 2012, performing "Origins" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 21, "It All Feels the Same" on Late Night with David Letterman on April 9, and "My Better Self" and "High Road" on Conan on July 25.
In November 2013, Tennis released a 5-song EP, Small Sound, on Communion Records. It was previewed in Pitchfork Advance on October 29, 2013. In May 2014, the band supported sister-act Haim on their North American spring tour.
Tennis's third album, Ritual in Repeat, was released on Communion in September 2014 to critical acclaim. In a feature on the album, NPR Fresh Air's Terry Gross said, "Can you reinvent lively pop from the distant past?...songwriting team Tennis does just that with their new third album, Ritual in Repeat". NPR critic Milo Miles said, "On Ritual in Repeat, it's like Moore and Riley discover just how much ancient Latin, or in this case extinct pop styles, is their natural language". Barone left the group in 2015.
On March 29, 2015, Tennis performed at Burger Records' Burgerama 4 festival in Santa Ana, California. Two songs from the set, "I'm Callin" and "Never Work for Free", aired on the May 7 episode of Last Call with Carson Daly. Tennis was also selected to perform on April 1 at the United Artists Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for "The Music of David Lynch" event, hosted by the David Lynch Foundation.
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Tennis (band)
Tennis was an American indie pop band from Denver made up of husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. The duo formed in 2010 and released their debut album, Cape Dory, in 2011. A second album, Young & Old, was released in 2012. Their third album, Ritual in Repeat (2014), was released on Communion Records.
The band's fourth album, Yours Conditionally, was released in 2017, and their fifth, Swimmer, followed in 2020. Swimmer was named one of the best albums of 2020 by USA Today. Their sixth studio album, Pollen, was released in 2023. In 2025, after announcing an indefinite hiatus, Tennis released their final studio album, Face Down in the Garden, on April 25, 2025.
Alaina Moore (born May 9, 1985) and Patrick Riley (born September 9, 1986) met in a philosophy class as students at the University of Colorado Denver in 2008. The couple started the band after returning from an eight-month sailing expedition on the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard after their graduation. Moore initially had intended to go to law school. The songs on the band's first album document their experiences sailing. Before forming Tennis, Moore's earliest singing experience was in church choirs during her youth.
Tennis's first releases, both in July 2010, were the "Baltimore" EP on the Underwater Peoples label and the "South Carolina" single on Fire Talk. Tennis released their first studio album, Cape Dory, on Fat Possum Records in January 2011. The album, featured on NPR, was based on the couple's experiences during their sailing trip. During their first tour, James Barone joined the band on drums.
The second Tennis album, Young & Old, was released on Fat Possum Records on February 14, 2012, produced by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, preceded by the single "Origins", which was issued on Forest Family Records on December 6, 2011. Tennis released a number of covers as self-released (digital) singles during 2011-2012, including versions of "Tell Her No" by the Zombies, "Is It True?" by Brenda Lee, "Tears in the Typing Pool" by Broadcast and "Guiding Light" by Television. American Songwriter named Tennis their Writer of the Week for the week of April 23, 2012. The band made several television appearances during 2012, performing "Origins" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 21, "It All Feels the Same" on Late Night with David Letterman on April 9, and "My Better Self" and "High Road" on Conan on July 25.
In November 2013, Tennis released a 5-song EP, Small Sound, on Communion Records. It was previewed in Pitchfork Advance on October 29, 2013. In May 2014, the band supported sister-act Haim on their North American spring tour.
Tennis's third album, Ritual in Repeat, was released on Communion in September 2014 to critical acclaim. In a feature on the album, NPR Fresh Air's Terry Gross said, "Can you reinvent lively pop from the distant past?...songwriting team Tennis does just that with their new third album, Ritual in Repeat". NPR critic Milo Miles said, "On Ritual in Repeat, it's like Moore and Riley discover just how much ancient Latin, or in this case extinct pop styles, is their natural language". Barone left the group in 2015.
On March 29, 2015, Tennis performed at Burger Records' Burgerama 4 festival in Santa Ana, California. Two songs from the set, "I'm Callin" and "Never Work for Free", aired on the May 7 episode of Last Call with Carson Daly. Tennis was also selected to perform on April 1 at the United Artists Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for "The Music of David Lynch" event, hosted by the David Lynch Foundation.
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