Tearist

The members of Tearist have stated that they were intending to create a movement more than a band, accepting all influences and dissecting them to allow for a new and instinctual musical product to emerge.{{cite web|url=https://www.sesac.com/News/Article.aspx/2012/Spring/Tearist|title=Tearist|date=|publisher=SESAC|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

Their debut album on Thin Wrist Records is a collection of live recordings titled Living: 2009—Present. It captures their lo-fi aesthetic with found objects, howling vocals and crowd noise.

LA Record described Living: 2009—Present as "an 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."{{cite web|url=http://larecord.com/album-reviews/2011/09/10/tearist-living-2009-present |title=L.A. Record |publisher=L.A. Record |date=10 September 2011 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|author=Guy Frowny |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/tearist-living-2009-present |title=Tearist – Living: 2009 – Present | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes |website=Tinymixtapes.com |date=21 March 2011 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://spinningplatters.com/2011/05/06/album-review-tearist-living-2009-present/ |title=Album Review: Tearist – Living: 2009–Present |website=Spinningplatters.com |date=6 May 2011 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}

Rolling Stone described Tearist as being "about pushing people out of their comfort zone to the point where they question their own existence."{{cite magazine|last=Nika |first=Colleen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/thread-count/meet-tearist-l-a-s-stylish-noise-merchants-20111102 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103122328/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/thread-count/meet-tearist-l-a-s-stylish-noise-merchants-20111102 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2011 |title=Meet TEARIST, L.A.'s Stylish Noise Merchants |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2 November 2011 |accessdate=3 March 2017}}

Living: 2009—Present was described as a "gothy electro-noise duo" by the Los Angeles Times music blog, and LA Weekly wrote in a cover interview that, "Tearist became the most crucial musical project to come out of Los Angeles in recent years."{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/05/tearist-parenthetical-girls-mp3-los-angeles-music.html|title=Tearist remixes Parenthetical Girls on new track|date=12 May 2011|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=31 May 2011}}{{cite news|title=Tearist: The Real Thing|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2011-04-28/music/tearist-the-real-thing/|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=28 April 2011}}

;Albums

• Living: 2009–Present (2011)]{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tearist-Living-2009-Present/release/2858635?ev=rr|title=Tearist – Living: 2009–Present|website=Discogs|access-date=8 January 2017}}

;EPs

• Tearist s/t (2010){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tearist-Tearist/release/2621656|title=Tearist – Tearist|website=Discogs|access-date=8 January 2017}}
• Purple Video (2012){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tearist-Purple-Video/master/827039|title=Tearist – Purple Video|website=Discogs|access-date=12 January 2017}}
• CDR (2009){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tearist-Tearist/master/424908|title=Tearist – Tearist|website=Discogs|access-date=12 January 2017}}

;Singles

• "Headless" (2010) (re-release 2015){{Cite news|url=http://purple.fr/television/headless/|title=Headless – purple TELEVISION|newspaper=Purple|language=en-US|access-date=12 January 2017}}

;Soundtracks

• Blue Ruin (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2359024/soundtrack|title=Blue Ruin (2013) : Soundtracks|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=3 March 2017}}

• Last Call with Carson Daly (2014) – season 14, episode 14{{Citation|last=Daly|first=Carson|title=William H. Macy/Tearist/Lemaitre|date=14 October 2014|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4110626/|last2=Lemaitre|last3=Macy|last4=Tearist|first3=William H.|accessdate=12 January 2017}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110619032122/http://alteredzones.com/posts/1345/tearist-black/ "Disposition"] music video at Altered Zones
• [http://stereogum.com/673092/tearist-closest/mp3s/ "Closest"] MP3 at Stereogum
• [http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-03-21/sxsw-music-tearist-yasmine-kittles-will-menchaca/ SXSW Music: Introducing Tearist] at Interview
• [https://myspace.com/teariststst Tearist] on Myspace

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