There was a time when scenes spawned band after band that soundtracked the life and times of their dedicated followers.
It turns out those days aren’t over, as Tigercats proved. They lead the charge in an indiepop scene that has moved on from the cliché of hairslides and dog-eared copies of Penguin Classics. Nowadays it encapsulates everything from the headliner’s own melodic pop to the wailing guitars of the evening’s equally enthralling support act Fever Dream.
Now older and more worldly wise, new tunes from their recently released second album Mysteries sounded more contemplative than their earlier work. That said, to label it purely a sign of maturity would ignore the fun that remains in the band’s increasingly assured interplay between guitars and keyboards and boy-girl vocals.
Junior Champion for example gave all the charm of a C86 classic with plenty more about it than a predictable jangle.
Singer Duncan Barrett appeared slightly coy during the few times he spoke to the audience. It was a shyness that didn’t seem shared by his bassist brother Giles however as he bounced enthusiastically throughout, especially during a magnificently buoyant Full Moon Reggae that captured everything that is great about pop music, not just their adopted scene.
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