The Tigers - Savage Music
1980 Housekeeping
The Tigers
Savage Music
Genre: New Power Wave Pop
4.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Fall For You
Jack It Up
Gone Like You
From their website, The Tigers had a bit of wind in their sails at the beginning of the 80s, great management, a record deal, US and UK tours.
So, why has no one heard of them?
Maybe cuz they didn’t have a hit in the waning days of Power Pop.
“Promises, Promises” sounds like it wants to be a hit, but like the Barreracudas song of the same name, it doesn’t really have the juice to get on anyone’s charts.
When they get their New Wave ska down, they channel latter day Clash and bring some heft (“Ice-Cold Fulham”) and they try the same trick on the title track but that one is a bit more snarky harsh and not something I wanna tap my toes to. “Religions for the Hungry” mis the tune The Clash forgot how to write.
Alvin Clark of The Monochrome Set produced this so, maybe that’s why it’s so good.
It’s good that we end 1980 on this note. A year that was defined by the skinny tie sound. A sound that will result in a backlash and hangover in 1981.
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