{"id":5370,"date":"2019-10-20T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/?p=5370"},"modified":"2019-10-19T19:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:51:16","slug":"miniature-tigers-have-a-new-great-breakup-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/2019\/10\/20\/miniature-tigers-have-a-new-great-breakup-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniature Tigers&#8217; Have a New Great Breakup Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just over ten years ago,\nBrooklyn-based band Miniature Tigers released their debut record, <em>Tell It to\nthe Volcano<\/em>, a catchy and whimsical adventure through singer-songwriter\nCharlie Brand\u2019s early twenties. The band\u2019s latest release, <em>Vampires in the\nDaylight<\/em>, puts on display how far the band and Brand have come since those\nrelatively carefree years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <em>Volcano <\/em>is\nall about chasing girls and being anxious about it, <em>Vampires <\/em>seems to\nhave an added layer of love and loss. Brand\u2019s lyrics- though they still contain\nsome clever metaphors and fun turns of phrase- have lost some of that naive\nwhimsy in exchange for a greater emotional honesty and clarity. This album\ncenters around what seems to be a particularly devastating breakup. He opens up\nabout personal details, such as bleaching his hair in a manic episode or\ndrinking himself into a stupor as an admittedly poor coping mechanism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instrumentally, <em>Vampires\n<\/em>goes beyond the superficial and complements the expressive qualities of the\nlyrics. \u201cWish\u201d is almost reminiscent of an \u201880s power ballad, but it somehow\nperfectly captures the feelings of longing that Brand describes in his lyrics.\nThe acoustic guitar line has a nostalgic feel that gives the bouncy tempo a\ntint of sadness. \u201cManic Upswings\u201d evokes desperation with its fast-paced\nstrumming and competing guitar lines. Many of the songs on <em>Vampires <\/em>incorporate\nsounds of digital decay, feedback, and the breaking up of connections, heightening\nthe feeling that something- either a relationship or the singer himself- is\nbreaking down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the songs go\nbeyond the classic pop structure, either by completely foregoing the\nverse-chorus-verse formula, or by adding groovy and expressive instrumental\nsections. There\u2019s a really satisfying attention to detail in the production on\nthis record where every element seems to fit perfectly into place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vampires in the Daylight <\/em>is a great newcomer to the long tradition of breakup albums. Although Brand took quite a few steps into darkness, it\u2019s evident that he\u2019s come back out into the light with a great album in tow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8.5<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over ten years ago, Brooklyn-based band Miniature Tigers released their debut record, Tell It to the Volcano, a catchy and whimsical adventure through singer-songwriter Charlie Brand\u2019s early twenties. The band\u2019s latest release, Vampires in the Daylight, puts on display how far the band and Brand have come since those relatively carefree years.&nbsp; While Volcano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,530,32],"tags":[330,803,800,576,104,129,801,802,804],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5374,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions\/5374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}