Tearist
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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TEARIST is an American electronic/industrial band formed in 2009 by Yasmine Kittles (vocals/percussion/synthesizer) and William Strangeland (synthesizer/programming). The group is based in Los Angeles, California.
Tearist is a slang term created by Kittles in 2009. It is used to describe a movement based on acceptance of all influences and dissecting them to allow for a new and instinctual musical product to emerge.
The band's debut album was a live record titled "Living: 2009-Present."
LA Record described the album as "a unified artifact that defies the span of time in which it was recorded," and called the album, "a gem that transcends the traditional live album and verges on being an art-object in and of itself."Rolling Stone described TEARIST as being "about pushing people out of their comfort zone to the point where they question their own existence."
TEARIST was described as a "gothy electro-noise duo" by the Los Angeles Times music blog, and the LA Weekly wrote in a cover interview that, "Tearist could very well be the most crucial musical project to come out of Los Angeles in recent years."
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