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The New Jersey indie rock outfit
Tourmaline features Matt Rauch (vocals/guitar), Ryan Baredes (guitar), Andrew Koes (bass), Max Rauch (drums), and Corey Zaloom (piano/vocals). The polished poppy five-piece formed in 2004. Within a year, they signed to No Milk Records and began recording their debut album with producer Chris Badami (
the Starting Line,
Early November,
Midtown). Prior to recording a proper full-length album,
Tourmaline had toured with bands such as
Punchline,
Head Automatica,
the Beautiful Mistake, and
Name Taken. Their song "Blank" was also featured on the 2005 Drive-Thru Records and Purevolume.com compilation.
Tourmaline's debut album, Strange Distress Calls, followed later that summer. ~ MacKenzie Wilson