Tangerine (band)

Sisters Marika and Miro Justad played as a duo called The Neons at the SoundOff battle of bands competition for young people, hosted through the Museum of Pop Culture. Toby Kuhn, who was in the SoundOff audience, partnered with Marika to create a duo, The Sutures; Miro also played with their band after she entered high school. The group split as Kuhn attended, then left, college,{{Cite web|last=Rupert|first=Dylan Tupper|date=2014-10-13|title=Rookie » Tangerine: You'll Always Be Lonely|url=https://www.rookiemag.com/2014/10/tangerine/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.rookiemag.com|language=en-US}} while Marika met and performed{{Cite web|last=McKinney|first=Adam|date=6 November 2013|title=Seattle's Tangerine pull off a wondrous balancing act|url=http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/features-and-columns/2013/11/Tangerine-band-pulls-off-a-wondrous-balancing-act/print/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Weekly Volcano}} with Ryan Baker as they both were students at the University of Washington.{{Cite web|last=Pham|first=Christy|title=Boxes of Tangerine|url=https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_leisure/article_c2dece08-2a44-56f9-a471-e87a361cb7f1.html|access-date=2021-02-07|website=The Daily of the University of Washington|date=30 October 2014 |language=en}} When The Sutures reunited, Baker joined the lineup, and the band regrouped under the name Tangerine in January 2013.

Over the course of that year, the quartet released their first two EPs, Pale Summer and Radical Blossom. Both EPs received positive buzz from The Guardian, the print edition of NME,{{Cite web|title=Sonicbids (cites print version of NME)|url=https://www.sonicbids.com/band/tangerineband/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Sonicbids|language=en}} and MTV.{{Cite web|last=Greenwald|first=David|title=Tangerine Deliver The Indie-Pop Of Your Pacific Northwest Dreams With 'Nothing Better'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2306899/tangerine-nothing-better/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418235501/http://www.mtv.com/news/2306899/tangerine-nothing-better/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2021|access-date=2021-02-07|website=MTV News|language=en}} The band also garnered attention, including "a shout-out from Governor Inslee", for the early single "Hanford Rivera", which addresses toxic waste leakage into the Columbia River from the Hanford Site.{{Cite web|last=King|first=Anna|title=Seattle Band To Release Pop Song Inspired By Hanford Tank Waste|url=https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/seattle-band-release-pop-song-inspired-hanford-tank-waste|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.nwnewsnetwork.org|date=22 August 2013|language=en}} Between 2013 and 2014, Tangerine performed at the national level as part of South by Southwest,{{Cite web|last=Pacheco|first=Agatha|date=2017-06-28|title=Tangerine Is Growing Into a California Orange|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/tangerine-is-growing-into-a-california-orange/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Seattle Weekly|language=en-US}} as well as regional Pacific Northwest festivals like Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party.

In 2014, Tangerine's song "The Runner" was featured in two episodes of season 4 of the television comedy Awkward.{{Cite web|title=Music by Tangerine|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/tangerine|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Tunefind|language=en-us}} In October of that year, the band's third EP Behemoth!, its first studio recording, was released. A review in Northwest Asian Weekly favorably compared the "sweet vocals" and "edgy chords" of Behemoth! to The Velvet Underground and Television's Marquee Moon album.

In February 2016, a fourth Tangerine EP, Sugar Teeth, arrived. The EP's first and second tracks, "Tender" and "Sunset", premiered on Noisey{{Cite web|title=PREMIERE: Tangerine's Guitar Pop Brings Sunshine to Seattle with "Tender"|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3z4jv/tangerine-tender-stream|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.vice.com|date=22 December 2015 |language=en}} and Stereogum,{{Cite web|date=2016-01-27|title=Tangerine – "Sunset" (Stereogum Premiere)|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1855397/tangerine-sunset-stereogum-premiere/news/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Stereogum|language=en}} respectively.

In June 2017, the Justad sisters and Kuhn announced a move from Seattle to Los Angeles, aiming to record a debut record as Tangerine and interact with more diverse music audiences. Two months later, the band shared the single "Sly Moon", a track created with help from Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Zach Dawes of Mini Mansions.{{Cite magazine|title=Tangerine Shares Dreamy New Track 'Fever Dream': Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031422/tangerine-fever-dream-premiere|access-date=2021-02-07|magazine=Billboard|language=en}} After a fall tour with Bleachers, this was followed by a Billboard-exclusive release of the single "Fever Dream" in November 2017.

In October 2018, Tangerine shared their singles "Local Mall" and "Cherry Red"{{Cite web|title=Tangerine Take Over a Sunny Seaside Town In "Cherry Red" Video (KEXP Premiere)|url=https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/10/17/tangerine-take-over-sunny-seaside-town-cherry-red-video/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.kexp.org}} with accompanying music videos. Marika Justad revealed that the group's EP White Dove, which arrived the same month, would transition from Tangerine's previous rock direction to a more melodic sound with pop elements.{{Cite magazine|title=Tangerine Grab Their Cowboy Hats and Head to the 'Local Mall' In New Video: Premiere|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8477975/tangerine-local-mall-video|access-date=2021-02-07|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}

In October 2024, Tangerine independently released their debut full length album, You’re Still The Only One. Atwood magazine called it “seductive and spellbinding”, and they named Tangerine one of LA’s most exciting indie pop outfits.{{Cite web |last=Mosk |first=Mitch |date=2024-11-01 |title=Track-by-Track: Tangerine's Expansive, Ethereal, & Bittersweet Debut, 'You're Still the Only One' |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/tyso-tangerine-youre-still-the-only-one-album-interview-music-feature/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Atwood Magazine |language=en-US}}

The name "Tangerine" came from the song of the same name on Led Zeppelin's album Led Zeppelin III.{{Cite web|date=2014-11-07|title=How Sweet It Is — Tangerine's New Album 'Behemoth!'|url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2014/11/sweet-tangerines-new-album-behemoth/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Northwest Asian Weekly|language=en-US}} The members of Tangerine have described the group's style as "dark pop + rock n roll".

Marika Justad has cited Courtney Love, Mazzy Star, and Karen O as stylistic influences, as well as Lou Reed and The Beach Boys for their ability to maintain "that bittersweet light/dark balancing act" in their songwriting.{{Cite web|title=KEXP Q&A: Marika Che of Tangerine|url=https://kexp.org/read/2014/12/6/kexp-qa-marika-che-of-tangerine/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=kexp.org}} Miro Justad and Kuhn have claimed inspiration, particularly for beats, from Miriam Makeba, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

• Marika Justad - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Miro Justad - drums, vocals
• Toby Kuhn - guitar, vocals{{Cite web|date=2013-09-20|title=New band of the day (Tangerine 1,601)|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/20/tangerine|access-date=2021-02-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

• Ryan Baker - bass, vocals

• Pale Summer – digital download (2013)
• Radical Blossom – SWOON Records (USA), digital download (2013)
• Behemoth! – digital download/CD (2014)
• Sugar Teeth – SWOON Records (USA), digital download/CD (2016)
• White Dove – digital download (2018){{Cite web|title=Tangerine - Releases - MusicBrainz|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3831d29b-d41d-4aee-bc5b-94be84a9a7e4/releases|access-date=2021-02-07|website=musicbrainz.org}}

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