TIGERCUB – Centrefold
aaamusic | On 13, Jan 2015
When I was tasked with reviewing the sights and sounds of those TIGERCUB boys, I had never heard of them before (at my loss!). This Brighton-based trio will be hard to forget after what I have just absorbed through my headphones and screen.
This single, released last month via alternative rock duo and fellow Brightonites (or is it Brightonians?) Blood Red Shoes‘ own label, Jazz Life, is a mixture of grungy-goodness and swaggering foreboding that culminates in an enveloping aural experience. ‘Centrefold’ comes pounding out of the starting blocks like an eighteen stone greyhound with roid-rage carrying a jockey made of solid gold (as they often do….or so is my understanding of dog racing) and does not let up until the final millisecond.
The vocal is straight talking, Homme/Cobain-esque in style and exudes a filthy attitude, which only embellishes and enhances the impact this track makes upon the listener. The drums groove with a contemporary and somewhat tribal feel in sections and the guitar and bass pulsate with a sexual cool, intermingling in an orgy of chopping funk rhythms and overdriven bass in the choruses; it is no secret that this is a fine, fine piece of a musical happening.
Not only (as a listener) are you treated to an impelling song, it is also accompanied by a rollicking video portraying the band members as Mother, Father and Son, causing havoc in their home and on a day out in the band’s hometown. I have had to seek medical attention because of how severely my sides had ruptured during the viewing of this innovative slice of TIGERCUB-bery, which reminded me of the video for ‘Low’ by Foo Fighters, featuring Jack Black.
I have to say that my favourite part of this video was the personality that you get of the band coming through – one of a band that takes their music seriously but not themselves; a view I find extremely pleasing. I look forward to hearing a lot more from these cub-lings in this year…and so should you!
