Tamaryn. Tamaryn Sitha Brown, born in New Zealand in 1982, based in Los Angeles. She started out making shoegaze with guitarist Rex John Shelverton (The Waves, 2010; Tender New Signs, 2012, both on Mexican Summer). Cranekiss was made at Gary's Electric in Brooklyn with Jorge Elbrecht and Shaun Durkan of Weekend, and it's the record where her voice moved up front. 'Keep Calling' is track 5 on Cranekiss (Mexican Summer, August 28th, 2015). In 2014 she and Drew McDowall scored 'Are You Okay', a short film written by Bret Easton Ellis, starring Dee Dee Penny and Shiloh Fernandez. She's also a songwriter on Sky Ferreira's 2019 single 'Downhill Lullaby'. Latest album: Dreaming the Dark (Dero Arcade, 2019).
From the notes for EKHO Sonic Chill #16 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.
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