THE WINKS / TIGHTS - SPLIT CD

Exploring the space that exists between two virtues: nostalgic and innovative, DRIP AUDIO is proud to release a dual album by two pioneering musical projects, THE WINKS and TIGHTS. Both groups share the same musical ideal - obvious, considering they share several of the same members. And both projects seep a very real, personal spirit.  

The Winks unfurl their butterfly wings on this, their second official release. Revealing new tricks wrapped in a historic carapace, the MANDOLIN, CELLO, and PERCUSSION trio endow with a refreshing dialect of pop language. The modern framework is there, but the sounds are different - vintage and unusual like antique arms pointing to infinite roots in time and culture - places in history obscured by dust and cobwebs, finally rediscovered, polished, and prepared for the modern world.

Persuading the theory to new levels, Tights, features the CELLO and MANDOLIN of THE WINKS and adds the digital stylings of live laptop processing (Andy Dixon aka: Secret Mommy). Unlike their articulate album mates, TIGHTS have chosen an avenue of loose improv, embracing the magic of chance and exploring asynchrony & poly-rhythms. This electro-acoustic unit expands on THE WINKS theme of archetypal versus conventional art forms, but broadens it by exaggerating both the timelessness and ultra-modern qualities and introducing a playful sense of musical intuition.

Both units of this split operate on the same levels of homage and modernism. They both borrow from infinite points of the past as well as explore new, unmapped musical frontiers.

“Best New Vancouver Band: “So arty it hurts - in a good way” - The Georgia Straight

“Macdonald's shaky-breaky, super-emotive Bright Eyes-ish vocals fit like a jigsaw piece with Jami's Bjork-y, youthful voice. - Chart Attack

“They're just so cute you want to pinch their cheeks.” - John Collins/The New Pornographers

“ If I could be reborn as a fantasy love-child, it would be as a Wink.” - Terminal City

“A unique musical treat…” - The Vancouver Sun