On 4th June 2007 at 22:33 Anonymous 6579 wrote...
Looking at the track listing there, it appears they do have some B-sides on there...
They must have missed them off the press release.
Sorry about that.
Hurricanes
By Pull Tiger Tail
Bands hyped up without an album, but solely because they are new, have four average songs on MySpace and a novelty name, seem to be the way music is going. I could so easily go off on a tangent, but this is how new music comes about, and surely that is a good thing. Bands can create a fanbase before releasing an album, pool their funds, and produce a better debut than they could have dreamed of turning out 6 months before. Awesome.
This brings us nicely to Pull Tiger Tail. Success beckoned as soon as those 3 words got into circulation as soon as thousands of 'crazy', neon-clad, indie kids read their name modestly printed mid-sentence in size 12 in NME. Pull Tiger Tail didn't really have to do much from there on; Get Cape sure didn't. For God's sake look at Hadouken!, they just go to show the power of punctuation and being "whacky". I think my next band are going to include my beloved semi-colon; stardome beckons...
Having said that, this is a catchy tune. Fluttery guitar sounds, jerky rhythms, an attempt at a rousing chorus; it's all in place.
I always say a good way of judging a band is by their b-sides. Here we have a plain radio-edit. A nice little single though, from a band who need to prove quickly that they have real substance.
