It’s got to be hard to get your music across the Atlantic, especially when you’re a little known band from Finland. Fortunately for you, The New Tigers’ self-titled album has slowly begun to trickle across the seas, bringing us fuzzy pop that’s sure to appeal to listeners of all sorts, crafting tunes that will resonate with your ears time and time again.
Of course, one of the greatest things about listening to The New Tigers is their ability to build their pop from within a realm of lo-fi noise, but then let the songs sprawl out into the great unknown. Album opener “Clocks of Destruction” is one of two such tracks, building in momentum just near the minute mark, but fading into crafty noise, like Broken Social Scene would pull of when they were in a jamming mood. It takes a special track to build on what could easily be a two-minute pop song and still maintain interest throughout. “Pocketful of Sand” is the other such track, and it takes just a bit longer to reach the vocals, but they’re so light that you’re likely to just see them as a floating piece of the inherent melody the band has built. These two tracks alone make for a special listen, but this isn’t all the band wants to offer you. MORE