Watch: Tennis Perform Songs from Forthcoming 'Cape Dory'

The Denver husband-wife duo Tennis stopped by Rolling Stone's office recently to perform a few songs from their forthcoming full-length Cape Dory. The album, which comes out on January 18, is full of shimmering, classic pop that was inspired by a seven-month sailing trip the couple took together. (Cape Dory's name comes from the boat they lived on.)

Check out the prom-ready love song "Pigeon," the uptempo "Bimini Bay" and "Marathon," which — despite its lyrics focusing on frustrated plans — brims with energy.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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