Fear of Falling Asleep (Vinyl)

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"Lying awake at night, when it's just me and my mind racing, that's when I drift into the darkest parts of myself," says Tender's James Cullen. "Until I wrote these songs, I never really knew if anyone else struggled with those same thoughts and fears."

In that sense, Tender's gripping new album, 'Fear of Falling Asleep,' is a collection of contradictions. It's a record about isolation that fosters connection, a narrative of anxiety that offers reassurance, a chronicle of despair that promises hope. Along with his musical partner Dan Cobb, Cullen captures the full range of those nightly emotional rollercoasters on the album… bringing them to life in a seductive blend of electronic grooves, dreamy synths, and washed out guitars.

Since its inception, Tender has specialized in walking an artful line between the personal and the universal. The British duo's acclaimed debut, 'Modern Addiction,' charted the aftermath of a tumultuous breakup, with Stereogum called it "vibrant and entrancing."