Tennis confirms seventh studio album, ‘Face Down in the Garden’, will be their last

Tennis, who will release their seventh studio album Face Down in the Garden later this year, has confirmed it will be their last.

A statement from the pop duo released alongside recent single, 12 Blown Tires, where the pair confirmed this would be the end for Tennis. Alaina Moore, one half of Tennis, confirmed the release capped “everything we wanted to say” as a band. She and husband Patrick Riley formed Tennis in 2010 and have released six studio albums in that time, with a seventh to come on April 25. A farewell tour will begin on May 16 in Las Vegas, and an EP of early recordings, Neutral Poetry, will also release the same day.

Moore said: “After finishing Face Down in the Garden, it became clear that we had said everything we wanted to say and achieved everything we wanted to achieve with our band. This will be our last studio album, at least in this configuration as Tennis.

“We are ready to pursue other creative projects and to make space in our lives for new things.” Further quotes from Moore explained the meaning behind their recently released song, 12 Blown Tires.

She said: “On cross-country drive at the end of tour, our van and trailer blew four tires in quick succession. That particular stretch of highway was a tire graveyard. I counted the shredded remains of twelve tires from where we sat on the side of the road, swapping out our last spare.

“Our bad luck was heavily contrasted by the good night we’d just had in Houston. The highs and lows of touring are unnatural, disorienting. On the shoulder of I-40, I began writing the lyrics to 12 Blown Tires. It is a constellation of memories from the road, and of our marriage, two endeavors that are completely, hopelessly entangled. When we recorded 12 Blown Tires a few months later, I had the sense of distilling the past 15 years into four minutes of music.

“It felt like the end of something, though I wasn’t sure what. Patrick and I spent most of our 20s and all of our 30s focused on Tennis. It has been the most joyous, bewildering, challenging, and humbling experience. After finishing Face Down In The Garden, it became clear that we had said everything we wanted to say and achieved everything we wanted to achieve with our band.

“This will be our last studio album, at least in this configuration as Tennis. We are ready to pursue other creative projects and to make space in our lives for new things. In that light, the upcoming tour feels more poignant, like a concluding thought. These two kids from Denver who only ever dreamed of playing a few house shows are very fulfilled. Perhaps we’ll see you on the road. As always, thank you.”