Tigers That Talked – 23 Fears
The supposedly mystical number 23 has a long an illustrious significance in the world of rock. Naked Lunch author William Burroughs – a major inspiration to dozens of acts as well as collaborator for Sonic Youth, Ministry and Kurt Cobain among others - was among those to identify the powers of the number. Psychic TV built their career around the release of 23 live albums (although they actually stopped releasing them before they got to the end). And it played a central role in the career of Bill Drummond to the extent that KLF came out of retirement to play for 23 minutes in 1997.
Not entirely sure whether newcomers Tigers That Talked have absorbed the mysticism with this song title or whether it just sounded a bit like the ? & The Mysterons hit 96 Tears. But we do know that the Leeds quartet named themselves after a 1968 novel, In Watermelon Sugar, by the writer Paul Brattigan (who once released a spoken word album on The Beatles’ Zapple label). Having already written a song, Tigers That Talked, which was inspired by the book and short of a name for the band prior to their debut gig, frontman Jamie Williams improvised.
The band themselves talk of their admiration for the structures of Elbow and Arcade Fire which are evident in their compositions, but with the addition of a violin as a lead instrument, there is also a clear nod towards The Waterboys before they went hell for leather trousers down the path of fiddly folk.
Debut single 23 Fears is released today and is the ‘five day favourite’ single of the week on Q Radio’s QPM show each night this week from 6pm. You can listen live to Q Radio here
And watch the video here ...
Tigers That Talked - 23 Fears from Bad Sneakers Records on Vimeo.
11:43 AM | 08/12/2008
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