Today, with the release of his third album, Every Dawn’s a Mountain, Tamino scales the past and starts fresh, as he enters and embraces his next chapter: residing in a new American city he now calls home, playing larger stages than he has before, with a collection of his 10 best songs to date, featuring first-time collaborations with Mitski (“Sanctuary”) and others that appear across the LP. Likened to an altar for what’s been lost, Every Dawn’s a Mountain is a record that burst itself into existence, with its words burning well on their way out. Unabashedly and without warning, the music demanded Tamino’s attention and determined the course of his days, as it is now doing with fans around the world: after a fully sold-out run of album release performances for crowds of thousands abroad, Tamino is now preparing for his biggest US tour yet, followed by a trio of arena concerts in Turkey, and a sprawling series of Europe and UK shows that he has just announced for Fall 2025.
Produced by Tamino and longtime collaborator PJ Maertens, with co-production by Eric Heigle (Arcade Fire, Dawn Richard) and Alessandro Buccellati (Arlo Parks, SZA), and additional production by Chris Messina (Bon Iver, Big Red Machine), Zach Hanson (Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso) and Jo Francken, Every Dawn’s a Mountain’s writing process was unpredictable, while the album’s recording mirrored the themes of displacement and impermanence that define many of these songs. Largely penned in his New York City apartment, some were captured in various hotel rooms when touring with Mitski, others were made in a New Orleans church or Brussels studio. Yet the end result is the most harmonious set of music that Tamino has ever created, strung together by the same sense of both honoring the past and letting go of it.
In addition to popping up at performances with Daniel Caesar and Mustafa, David Byrne and more in the past several months, fans have also spotted Tamino as the face of Hermès’ new perfume, Terre D’Hermes Eau De Parfum Intense.
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