Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley knew ending their band, Tennis, might spark rumors. “The word ‘breakup’ in the context of a married duo was going to be so terrifying,” Moore says. But after 17 years of marriage, 15 years as a band, seven albums, and a run that’s included late-night TV and sold-out shows, they’re simply prioritizing their relationship, which began when they were students at the University of Colorado Denver. The indie-pop twosome released its final album, Face Down in the Garden, this spring, and the accompanying tour stops at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on August 26. “It’s going to be bitter-sweet,”Moore says of the show. “I’ll probably cry.” Before the waterworks begin, we caught up with Moore to find out what it’s like to split while staying together.
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