Awful Lot of Tigers
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Tara and I have been working on this album for almost two years. I had no idea it would take so long. We did it all in our little guest bedroom with a laptop, a small amp and a cheap microphone! So it doesn't sound very professional, but heck, I'm proud of it. The biggest influences on this album's sound are the Pixies, The Breeders and early My Bloody Valentine. Oh, and also Drop Nineteens and Th' Faith Healers. We use electronic drumming that I program myself. It's obviously not real, but I think it kicks anyway.Band/artist history
Tara and I met in Atlanta in 2007, while we were both living there. We started dating, and I was off on a trip and got to thinking about the two of us being a band. I had just bought my first electric guitar and had some ideas. She was all for it. I wrote a few songs and we recorded them and put them on MySpace. One day I said, "Hey, we should make an album together." I had no idea how much work that was going to take, but it was so worth it!Have you performed in front of an audience?We did one open mic night, one time, and Tara was done. That night we became a studio-only band! I have the recording from that night, but I don't know if anyone else will ever hear it!
Your musical influences
Started out as a Josef K ripoff band, really, with help from Orange Juice, The Fall and Gang of Four. Actually I don't think any of our songs sound like them, but they certainly influenced them. Now we've added the whole shoegaze sound, and I'm influenced by Starflyer 59, My Bloody Valentine, th' Faith Healers, Bailter Space, Drop Nineteens, anything that has a big wailing guitar sound with a pop song in the background, really. I get excited when I hear male and female vocals in the same song, because that's what I try to do with the songs I write. So Drop Nineteens and stuff like that are a big influence, as well as the Pixies. Both Boston bands, by the way.What equipment do you use?
I bought my guitar at Target, believe it or not. It's a Fender. It's called a Starcaster by Fender, but it's modeled after the Stratocaster rather than the actual Starcaster. It's a real oddball. I have a couple of small amps and a cheap Casio keyboard and one cheap microphone. We're about as lo-fi as you get, but we record and mix on a laptop and try to make it sound more expensive.Anything else?
Lyrically we keep it very simple. I record a lot of the music before I write any words, and then I just close my eyes and let the words come out. Then I say, "Honey, feel like singing a song?"
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