The desperate, slowly slipping, fingertip touching before you slide into the black abyss of ‘Paranoid’ opens this impressive third offering from Chelmsford’s Tigress. A screeching fast-paced Muse-ish intro on ‘Bring Me Down’ rolls into a Foo’s pool of Rock, riffs and repeat. Track of the E.P is the bouncing ‘Over Your Love’ which surfs nineties Britrock nostalgia and mainstream radio on a buck rogers surfboard. It’s the perfect sun’s out, the long weekend is calling, stuck on the M25, road trip Rock song. The unhappy ‘Hangman’ politely fuzzes with distorted genres all getting musically twisted out of shape, whereas final cut ‘The Cycle’ aims for an atmospheric feel and although the vocals are penetrating the song itself lacks a little momentum. That said Tigress aren’t chasing their tails, this is an energetic, vital and anthemic fresh-faced release. The band are playing Download this year and could well be your “let’s get out of the rain and check out the tents ” band.
TIGRESS
WHO CARES E.P
Lab Records
8/10