Tigers That Talked.
Tigers That Talked.
Tigers That Talked are great band from Leeds with a nice fresh sound. They have been a favourite of the festival scene since the band started in 2006 and have played as far and wide as Texas, USA.
The bands latest album ‘Merchant’ released in November last year received glowing reviews from established radio Djs like Zane Lowe and Colin Murray, but never seemed to make many waves in the general public.
Which is a shame, because Tigers That Talked happen to be one of the best bands of the year.
Tigers That Talked - Live
Tigers That Talked latest single ‘Holy Saturday, Gloomy Sunday’, is a fantastic track that is the absolute cream of the rock/folk crop. Lending from poety and history for lyrical influences it rests nicely on a bed of guitar and violin.
Holy Saturday, Gloomy Sunday - Tigers That Talked
This track sums up the rest of the album, quality layered tracks, that ricochet between soft, melodic folk and a steady rock/indie sound. Merchant is one of the best albums of 2010 and deserves much more recognition.
Taking a look at TTT three other album releases, including one with a video shot in my very own Blackpool, we see a band that is much more developed and talented than most of the bands pumped over the airwaves 24/7.
Black Heart, Blue Eyes
Shot in and around Blackpool, the song could almost be about the town itself. ‘See these harbour towns, slowly reveal themselves, darkest of society, darkest of company, darkest of company reveal themselves.’
The track sits somewhere between sweet and mellon collie, a great track with a catchy chorus, but utterly depressing lyrics.
23 fears (summer ‘10)
23 fears was released as a double single with Black Heart, Blue Eyes and is arguably the better of the two. The songs boasts a great instrumental backing track that builds to a sweet climax. It manages to come across as a calmer, nicer song despite having equally depressing subject matter as Black Heart, Blue Eyes.
Artificial Clouds
This is one of the most beautifully arranged songs produced in a while, the instruments work so together well, the composition beautifully complements Jamie Williams sweet voice. The entire song has a genital feeling to it that makes it easy and a joy to listen to.
One of the major problems with the band is that they don’t seem to have a brilliant range, on some of the album tracks its easy to slip from one to the next without noticing that the song has changed. But in spite of this they do what the do so well is doesn’t seem to matter.
Tigers That Talked are one of Brittan’s most under rated bands and are defiantly one to watch.
If you liked Tigers That Talked be sure to check out The Limes
by Charlie Craven
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