Korine is a Philadelphia based duo consisting of members Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye. The pair blends new wave nostalgia, early emo and punk with a modern pop sensibility, contrasting upbeat rhythms against sullen, emotionally evocative lyrics. Forming in late 2017, the duo's first EP Corsage gained the band quick traction and a series of tour dates through 2018 which led to the release of the debut album New Arrangements. In 2020 the following sophomore album The Night We Raise heavily expanded the signature sound of the group while continuing to showcase the pair's DIY mentality and receiving praise from Bandcamp, Post-punk. Com, and Pop Matters. Following a year of isolation, Korine returned to touring supporting chillwave pioneers Small Black and made their international debut appearing at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig in 2022. Tear is the band's third full-length and definitely their best one to date. While the style stays the same we've come to love, the sound is more seductive than ever, with deep bass lines resounding under throbbing synth riffs, while mechanical beats will make you dance in the dark and romantic hooks will take place in your head never to leave again. There's some sort of teenage majesty in the duo's capacity for just great, classic but strongly 90's- fueled alternative pop hooks that leaves us divinely unarmed and if you've checked out the first excerpt Mt. Airy you know what we're talking about. RIYL: Cold Cave, Lust For Youth, Soft Kill Genre: Alternative / Synth-pop