TIGERCUB SHARE NEW SINGLE, “SWOON”
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM THE PERFUME OF DECAY
OUT JUNE 2ND VIA LOOSEGROOVE RECORDS
Today, Brighton, UK-based rock ‘n’ roll trio Tigercub have shared a powerful new single titled “Swoon” from their highly anticipated forthcoming album The Perfume Of Decay. The album is set for release on June 2 via Loosegroove Records, the label co-founded by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, a long-time champion of the band.
With The Perfume of Decay — Tigercub’s third record of nocturnal, hard-hitting rock, as well as their first full-length release for Loosegroove Records — frontman Jamie Hall draws the curtains shut and embraces a moody, melancholic sound that’s every bit as cinematic as Hollywood itself. It’s an album about counterpoint and opposites, stacked with songs that contrast overdriven guitars with whispered vocals, tight grooves with shoegazing swells of noise, and sonic experimentation with sharp songwriting. For a band that’s always trafficked in drama and dynamics, The Perfume of Decay marks Tigercub’s strongest release to date.
The new single sees the band fully lean into their command of tension and release, with gentle singing and restrained guitar lines that combust into huge, distorted riffs, hook-heavy vocals, and crushing drums, before settling back into clement disquiet.
“‘Home where I wanted to be’ – When I first moved away from Sunderland to live in Brighton, I thought I would never look back,” says Hall. “However, as the years have passed, I’ve grown more and more homesick and have realized my deep yearning to reconnect with my roots in the north of England. ‘Swoon’ is about uncovering those feelings and addressing them. The track is brooding, dynamic, and explosive, a taster of things to come from The Perfume of Decay.”
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The Perfume of Decay was recorded after an international tour that took Tigercub halfway around the world in promotion of their last album As Blue Indigo. The record was met with commercial success and critical acclaim, peaking at Number 11 in the UK Independent Albums Chart, while drawing international applause as one of the most electrifying rock releases in recent memory, with Guitar.com hailing 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. This 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.
In a similar vein, Tigercub are set to embark on an extensive headline tour across both the US and the UK in support of their new album. Dates are as follows and tickets are available HERE.
US AND UK TOUR 2023
APRIL
29 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room & Garage
MAY
1 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
2 – Costa Mesa, CA – The Wayfarer
3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
5 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord
7 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile’s Madame Lou’s
8 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
10 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
11 – Denver, CO – HQ Denver
12 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre, Rye Room
15 – Covington, KY – Madison Live
17 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
19 – Daytona, FL – Welcome to Rockville
25 – Nashville, TN – The End
26 – Chicago, IL – GMan Tavern
27 – Maryland Heights, MO – KPNT Pointfest
28 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
JUNE
6 – Cambridge, MA – The Middle East, Upstairs
8 – New York, NY – The Bowery Ballroom
9 – Philadelphia, PA – MilkBoy
10 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
OCTOBER
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, Scotland – 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
