Tennis originated from a 12th century French game called paume (meaning palm); it was a court game where the ball was struck with the hand. Paume evolved into jeu de paume and rackets were used. The game spread and evolved in Europe. In 1873, Major Walter Wingfield invented a game called Sphairistikè (Greek for "playing ball) from which modern outdoor tennis evolved.
The other Tennis originated in a philosophy class in college where Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore met and decided to form a band.
Tennis is following up their excellent Cape Dory with their even more excellent (in my opinion) Young and Old. It was produced by Black Keys' Patrick Carney. It's full of Alaina's signature ooohs and aaahs reminiscent of a better, simpler time, where tennis was played with wooden rackets and had no place in band names.
"Origins" is their single. They'll be promoting their new album during SxSW:
Photo courtesy of The Dailyer Nebraskan. (Where you can read an awesome interview with Tennis).
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