Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 7:40 PM
The Twin Tigers hail form Athens, GA, but they look to Ireland and Scotland for musical inspiration sounding like the bastard children of U2 and the Jesus and Mary Chain. They go for the grandiose in a subdued way.
For such a fiercely named band they are pretty tame. Gray Waves is an aptly title for their full length. The songs rise and fall, but could use a bit of colour to make them stand out amongst the overcrowded shoegaze crowd. Adding lots of echo and other effects to the vocals don't equal teeth and fangs.
Twin Tigers:
Doug Crump: drums
Forrest Hall: guitar
Aimee Morris: bass
Matthew Rain: guitar, vocals
Gray Waves is released on Old Flame Records. MP3s are on Amazon.
Tracks:
- Passive Idol
- Red Fox Run
- Everyday
- Watershed
- Sexless Love
- Gray Waves
- Feathers
- Automatic
- Crystal Highway
- Island
MP3: Twin Tigers - Passive Idol
Live dates:
- 02/03 T.T. The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
- 02/04 Jerky’s, Providence, RI
- 02/08 Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY
- 02/09 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
- 02/10 The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
- 02/11 The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
- 02/13 Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, Pa
- 02/14 Eleanor Rigby’s, Jermyn, PA
- 02/15 The Space, Hamden, CT
» myspace.com/thetwintigers