Tennis announce sixth album with first single "One Night with the Valet"

"One Night with the Valet" is the first new release from Tennis since they released their Rick & Morty track "Borrowed Time" in September last year, and is also the lead outing from the duo's upcoming sixth album.

Tennis' new album is titled POLLEN, and will follow 2020's SWIMMER album.

The duo's Alaina Moore says of the album, "We wanted to write a big album, something suited for radio, but our songs don’t follow conventional pop structures. Instead of choruses with universal themes, I write with a specificity that is new to me, narrowing in on the smallest details of our lives. The more we try to broaden our scope, the more we turn inward."

"To keep ourselves from falling into old habits, we used instruments and gear that are new to us," Moore continues. "We work alone and Patrick engineers. The sounds he creates are as foundational as any part he writes. We resist the urge to over edit or do too many takes. Unlike previous albums which have been more wall of sound, we make a point not to overpower my voice with a dense mix."

She adds, "We named the album POLLEN. It is about small things with big consequences: a particle, a moment, a choice. It is me in a fragile state; sometimes inhabited freely, sometimes reacted against. It is striving to remain in a moment without slipping into dread. It is about the way I can be undone by a very small thing."