21 Tandem Repeats

No Junk Mail Please is the third full-length album from Vancouver’s folk rock gurus 21 Tandem Repeats and the follow up to Never Wanted To Be Anyone. No Junk Mail Please juxtaposes poignant melodies with rustic orchestral accompaniments to assemble simply beautiful results “We chose this title so that we could include a sticker that, once applied to your mailbox, would cease the delivery of admail,” says frontman Super Robertson. “The music is the soundtrack of that sentiment.”

Robertson started 21 Tandem Repeats in 2003, recording a 20-song debut CD on a cassette 4-track machine. An 11-song follow-up was made by Robertson, Alec Macaulay and Chris Hobbs.  For No Junk Mail Please, Jazz guitarist Alvaro Rojas joins the three on bass. Guest appearances are from SHOCKK (of Vancouver’s Mongoose) on drums and guitar and Becky Till (voice). No Junk Mail Please also has the strength of a committed songwriting team: Robertson, Macaulay, Shockk, Simian Special and the mighty Roger Dean Young.

21 Tandem Repeats just celebrated their third year playing the Super Robertson Supper Show, which happens every Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30 at Vancouver’s Railway Club. It is a free show and there is performance footage available on the Internet if you care to see. It’s their scene done on their terms…at the very least, it keeps 21 Tandem Repeats playing. Watch for 21 Tandem Repeats to leave the cozy confines of The Railway Club as they support No Junk Mail Please and have supper in your town soon.

 

Media Reaction For Never Wanted To Be Anyone (2006)

“…one of the most successful and important artists in the city” 24 Hours

“…held together fast by folk-infused country rhythms, catchy guitar picking, and an easy-going lyrical sensibility" Spill Magazine

“Witty, guileless and sometimes folksy...The loose sounding arrangements and uncluttered production add to the charm” Winnipeg Free Press

“… a gloriously breezy and catchy semi-pastoral backporch gallop celebrating the upside of the downer life: the authentic sense of freedom and parity found in good friends and good times.” Vue Mag