Tiger Supply is a twenty-one-year-old musician from Fargo, North Dakota who recently released Low. These are not covers of the famous David Bowie album. The album contains twelve songs and is experimental, lo-fi and original.
Take for instance the song “Devil’s Kettle” which is all over the place. Some of it sounds like a funky James Brown except people are banging on pots and pan and it is chaotic sounding. The song is a bit haunting as well with tremor infused guitar and spoken word. It did pique my interest. The title track song “Low” sounds like filtered video game music traveling through a wormhole. Ghostly vocals sort of feel like they are everywhere. It's a bit like a hellish psychedelic trip gone bad. I liked it. “Attic” is more grounded with subdued digital instrumentation. This song actually had more of a conventional lead vocal but he still put some ghost trails behind the lead. “House of Mirrors” is a bit creepy. The white noise and organ made me feel like I was on a carousel spinning around and around and around and around. “Basement” is an interesting one. There are moments of sheer terror and it reminded of a band I was listening to about twenty years ago called Xiu Xiu. The most accessible song might be “Ghosts” even when the song feels like it’s about to fall apart. There are hints of early Animal Collective on this song. The vocals are doubled, tripled maybe quadrupled at times. “Bathroom Floor” feels like it is tearing at the edges and falling into a dark hole of oblivion. It’s oddly catchy at points. “Ooey Gooey” is a bit frivolous and reminded me of the band The Unicorns if they were loosely jamming . Great band who I saw in concert when I was in college a good seventeen years ago. Although the tone of this release is a bit scattered and doesn't stay on track I give him an A for experimenting with ideas. That might be the most important thing I encourage young musicians to do all the time when I’m working as a producer. This is a solid effort and it will be interesting to hear where he goes next.
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Jack
5/27/2022 03:52:18 pm
Thanks for the review Matt, I really appreciate it! It was very nice to get some insight and hear your thoughts. Thank you for your time.
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