tinvìs is the new musical project of Joel Daniel, a longtime staple in the Davis and Sacramento music community who’s played alongside members of Tycho, An Angle, Best Move and Dusty Brown. With tinvìs, he sets out on a new creative path, crafting a sound that blends reflective lyricism with atmospheric instrumentation to craft an immersive indie rock sound.
The project was born from an arts grant from the City of Davis, kickstarting a journey between California and Texas that would inspire the songs that make up Texnia, the highly anticipated debut album set for release this summer via Mama Manaña Records. Drawing influence from a wide-ranging spectrum of artists from Bob Dylan and vintage Neil Young to Modest Mouse, Radiohead and modern singer-songwriters like Phoebe Bridgers, Ex:Re and Adrianne Lenker, Daniel’s songwriting is equal parts timeless and contemporary.
His music channels the expansive landscapes he moved between while writing the album, capturing the sensation of belonging to two places at once, yet feeling truly at home in neither. This thematic pull between motion and reflection is at the heart of Texnia, a record that seeks to bridge the distances between past and present, isolation and connection, roots and reinvention.
The tinvìs project was unveiled in November via the debut single “Double Blind” and now, the Joel returns with “Echo,” the second single from the upcoming album. Written amid constant travel between California and Texas, “Echo” distils the in-between spaces, moments of movement, change and the echoes of places left behind. The track is stitched with a sense of restless energy, wrapped in layered instrumentation and a vocal delivery that shifts between hushed style and swelling emotion.
Built on a backdrop of dusty drum shuffles, bluesy guitar licks and hazy vibes cut with Joel’s moving vocal work, “Echo” serves up a stunning slice of his songwriting flair and performance panache. Having made an impressive entrance and continued to shine with his second outing, anticipation is quickly building with the forthcoming debut record from this exciting new artist on the rise.
Bringing Texnia to life required a collective effort and Daniel assembled an impressive team of collaborators to shape its sound. The album features production from Max Hart, who’s previously worked with the likes of War on Drugs, Katy Perry, We Are Scientists and The Staves, with contributions from lead guitarist Luke Reynolds and drummer Eric Gardner. A significant portion of the record was tracked in Austin at Ramble Creek Studio with engineer Britton Beisenherz, grounding the album in the musical lineage of Texas while maintaining the indie rock aesthetics that define tinvìs.
Listen to Echo below
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