LIVE: Tiger Army @ Club Academy, Manchester
It’s been three long years since Tiger Army last visited these shores. Pioneers among the punkabilly genre, today the band that ‘never dies’ is a refined beast spinning yarns of country music and old fashioned rock and roll. The brainchild of Bay Area punk scene stalwart Nick 13, the modern day Tiger Army stems from the front man’s obsession with the work of 1940s and 50s luminaries such as Hank Williams, Garth Brooks and Elvis Presley. A cursory glance at 13’s Instagram feed and it is a sea of diners, tiki bars and the wide open roads that paint that archetypal picture of classic Americana. However, among the crooning ballads, Tiger Army still have that unique venom that make them one of the trailblazers of such a niche genre. 13 has that signature howl and lilting vocal range that allow ...
