Tigers That Talked

Key tracks:

23 Fears
Artificial Clouds
The Merchant
Black Heart, Blue Eyes

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Soaring epic pop with violin and beautifully fragile vocals.

The music of Tigers That Talked posesses the ramshackle folk rock of Arcade Fire and is clearly influenced by the cinematic elegance of Ennio Morricone and Sigur Ros. Admirers of the free structures and vast arrangements of bands such as Elbow, and with a violin as lead instrument, Tigers That Talked have great musical ambition and luckily the talent to match. This is music that soars and swoops, music to punch the air to, albeit quite gently. In front man Jamie Williams they have a vocalist that holds his own against these big musical arrangements. With a fragile, almost broken voice he provides a lovely contrast, stops everything from getting too overblown and keeps these songs from hitting you in the gut.

Key tracks include '23 Fears'- triumphant, rousing- listen to that chorus and try not to smile; 'Artificial Clouds'- a tale of love, loss, death and comfort; 'The Merchant'- if Aztec Camera had violins...;'Black Heart Blue Eyes'- a constant ebb and flow with great drums and handclaps.