Brighton, UK-based rock ‘n’ roll trio Tigercub share their new video for the song, "Show Me My Maker." The video received its first look on Matt Pinfield’s Power Hour on AXS TV and, today, Revolver premiered it and said “The song is a swaggering, feedback-soaked anthem, and its fittingly gritty and blown-out visual captures Tigercub in fine form, tearing through the cut in stripped-down surroundings.” The heavily percussive single has received placement across Spotify’s New Music Friday (US, UK, France), All New Rock, Rock Rotation, New Noise, The Rock List, and Apple’s New in Rock.
"Show Me My Maker speaks for itself," says Stone Gossard. "This song has classic guts. The opening cobra strikes of a guitar riff... it's seriously in the running for 'mother of all riffs' to the nihilistic exultation of the chorus refrain. I love it. Thank you Tigercub."
"Show Me My Maker " is taken from Tigercub's new studio album, The Perfume of Decay, available now via Loosegroove Records, the label co-founded by Gossard, a longtime champion of the band. The album was produced by Josh Evans (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Brandi Carlile).
WATCH "SHOW ME MY MAKER" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO LISTEN TO “SHOW ME MY MAKER”
STREAM/PURCHASE THE PERFUME OF DECAY
The Perfume of Decay further includes such explosive singles as “Swoon,” the fever-pitched “Play My Favourite Song,” and the hard-hitting title track, “The Perfume Of Decay,” the latter of which proved a top 30 favorite at Active Rock radio outlets nationwide and is joined by an official companion video streaming now via YouTube. All three tracks have been met with a wide range of critical applause from such outlets as SPIN, Guitar World, Classic Rock, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Northern Transmissions, Metal Injection, Vanyaland, Glasse Factory, and Rock Sound, which applauded “The Perfume of Decay” as “‘a stalking, crushing, towering piece of heavy as fuck riffing and howling melody…It is an absolute rip-roarer, full of darkness and devastation, and it shows off the band in their finest light.”
In addition, a fiery full-length concert recording – filmed live in Texas during last November’s US tour alongside Highly Suspect – recently premiered at the official Tigercub YouTube channel, highlighted by fiery versions of both “The Perfume of Decay” and “Play My Favourite Song.”
LISTEN TO “SWOON” LISTEN TO “PLAY MY FAVOURITE SONG”
WATCH “THE PERFUME OF DECAY”
WATCH TIGERCUB LIVE IN TEXAS (FULL SET)
Hailed by Louder Than War for their “expertly delivered bone crunching riffs and gritty alternative rock,” Tigercub just completed a North American tour celebrating the release of The Perfume of Decay. More shows are booked to start in September. For tour updates, please visit www.tigercubtigercub.com.
TIGERCUB - LIVE 2023
SEPTEMBER 16 – Camden, NJ – MMR*B*Q 2023 † 21 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life † 23 – Clarkston, MI – 101.1 WRIF Presents Riff Fest 2023 †
OCTOBER 8 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock † 20 – Brighton, UK – CHALK 21 – Stoke-on-Trent, UK – The Sugarmill 22 – Birmingham, UK – Asylum 23 – Gloucester, UK – Gloucester Guildhall 24 – Oxford, UK – The Bullingdon 26 – Nottingham, UK – Rock City 27 – London, UK – O2 Academy Islington 28 – Milton Keynes, UK – The Craufurd Arms 30 – Bristol, UK – The Fleece 31 – Sheffield, UK – The Leadmill
NOVEMBER 1 – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK – The Cluny 2 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut 4 – Leeds, UK – The Key Club 5 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla 6 – Cambridge, UK – The Junction 7 – Portsmouth, UK – The Wedgewood Rooms
† FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
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A seven-foot-tall frontman, radio host, and music historian, Tigercub’s Jamie Hall is literally larger than life. Tigercub’s music has always sounded similarly colossal, occupying an extreme space within a diverse range of influences spanning Led Zeppelin and Slipknot to Sonic Youth and Frédéric Chopin. Hall and his two bandmates — drummer James Allix and bassist Jimi Wheelwright — made a spectacular debut with 2016’s Abstract Figures in the Dark, instantly earning praise for their dynamic songcraft and lacerating musical power. 2021’s acclaimed As Blue As Indigo saw Tigercub pushing the boundaries even further, broadening their massive sonic palette while incorporating a deeply personal introspection that explored topics including anxiety, depression, toxic masculinity, the death of Hall’s grandmother, and the recent suicide of a close friend. The album proved the band’s popular breakthrough, ascending to #11 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart, while drawing international applause as one of the most electrifying rock releases in recent memory, with Guitar.com praising it as “shaped by a determination not to compromise, made with tenacity and pride, and finished with a caustic bite.” “This is an expansive and experimental record,” wrote Kerrang!, “not just a twisting, twisted road through Hall’s own experiences, but also a rebirth of a maverick rock ‘n’ roll poet.”
As mind-bending and immediate on stage as in the studio, Tigercub celebrated As Blue As Indigo with a suitably epic live schedule, including a sold-out UK headline tour, dates alongside longtime friends Royal Blood, and an inspirational North American run with Clutch and Eyehategod. Last summer saw the band celebrating its signing to Loosegroove Records with show-stealing sets at the UK’s annual Reading and Leeds Festival as well as by joining Pearl Jam for their colossal two-night stand at London’s BST Hyde Park 2022.
The band’s approach has earned support from an audience that stretches across both sides of the Atlantic, as well as acclaim from such avowed fans as Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard, who signed Tigercub to his Loosegroove Records and declared, “Jamie Hall is not only an incredible songwriter, singer, and fucking wicked guitarist, but he also has a deep understanding of art and music history. This guy dabbles in it all — visual arts, digital media, world history… Check out his radio show and experience his natural grace and cheeky humor. This band is generational, and Jamie’s a natural star. Loosegroove couldn’t be happier working with Tigercub.”
Now, with the bold, booming The Perfume of Decay, Tigercub embark on the next stage of their amazing journey, confidently embracing all the contradictions, counterpoints, and catharsis of modern-day rock.
“It’s all about opposites,” Jamie Hall says. “Sweet-and-salty popcorn tends to taste better than regular popcorn, even though those are two opposing forces. I wanted to nail that concept with our heavy guitars, softer-sung vocals, Can-style grooves, and a bit of shoegaze. Counterpoints can come together and make a powerful connection. I’ve crossed the threshold from my 20s to my 30s, so I’m getting older, but I’m also entering my prime. This record is a reflection of that.”
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PRAISE FOR TIGERCUB + “THE PERFUME OF DECAY”
“The measured heaviness of ‘The Perfume of Decay’ will be music to the ears of Queens Of The Stone Age and Muse fans.” – SPIN
“‘The Perfume of Decay’ delivers a riff-a-thon worthy of its title. Those bruising chugs are brutal, with the only reprieve coming from the razor-like leads that scythe their way through the thick wall of gain.” – GUITAR WORLD
“This third album details a band hardly in its adolescence, but absolutely in its prime.” – DORK
“The Perfume Of Decay, sees the Brighton-base trio becoming a fully grown, snarling beast of a band.” – TOTAL GUITAR
“The album is bursting with grand ideas and musical intelligence.” – CLASSIC ROCK
“A stalking, crushing, towering piece of heavy-as-fuck riffing and howling melody. ‘The Perfume of Decay’ is an absolute rip-roarer, full of darkness and devastation, and it shows off the band in their finest light.” – ROCK SOUND
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