My Tiger My Timing

My Tiger My Timing
Origin New Cross, London, UK
Genres New Wave, Pop, Indie Rock
Years active 2008–2014
Labels Snakes & Ladders Records, Modular, Kitsuné, Pure Groove, Electric Minds
Members
  • Anna Vincent
  • James Vincent
  • Jamie Harrison
  • Sebastian Underhill
  • Gary Drain

My Tiger My Timing is a five-piece new wave pop band from New Cross in south-east London formed in 2008. Their music was described by NME.com as "tribal electro like a south London Gang Gang Dance"[1] and by Clash as "alternative pop with a dark heart that's bursting with desire".[2] The band are on indefinite hiatus as of 2014.

The band take their name from the title of a song by New York experimental musician Arthur Russell.

Career

Their debut single "This Is Not The Fire" was produced by Andy Spence of the British electropop-New Rave band New Young Pony Club and self-released in April 2009. Their second single, "I Am The Sound", was also produced by Andy Spence and released as part of I Am The Sound EP through London's Pure Groove label.

The band's music has also featured on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8, on Modular's Leave Them All Behind III, on the Pure Groove 3 sampler and French label Sisterphunk's Sisters EP. They contributed a cover of an Arthur Russell song, "Arm Around You" to A Tribute to Arthur Russell, a compilation released on the Electric Minds label.

In November 2010, the band were chosen as winners of the Beck's European Newcomer award.

In April 2011, the band made the finals of Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition and opened the John Peel Stage at the festival that year.

In August 2011 the band released their third single, Endless Summer through their own Snakes & Ladders label. The single was playlisted by BBC 6 Music and XFM and was described by Drowned in Sound as "shimmery post-punk...in which all the guitar lines dangle like silver filigree chains".[3]

In November 2011 Snakes & Ladders released a fourth single, Written in Red, followed by a free Christmas download, See You on New Year's Day. They released 5th single "The Gold Rush" Snakes & Ladders on 25 June 2012 just ahead of the release of their debut album 'Celeste' on 2 July 2012 through their own Snakes & Ladders label.

The third single released from 'Celeste' – "Let Me Go" Snakes & Ladders was released on 5 November 2012.

Press

"An album that nostalgically looks back through the band's metaphorical personal diaries with songs written about the best days of their lives"[4]

"Shimmery post-punk, it is a beautifully composed three and a half minutes in which all the guitar lines dangle like silver filigree chains"[3]

"Deliciously upbeat and groove-laden post-punk"[5]

"Tribal electro like a south London Gang Gang Dance"[1]

"Alternative pop with a dark heart that's bursting with desire"[2]

"Their debut single, This Is Not The Fire...sounds distilled, concentrated – it's electro with its bones showing"[6]

"My Tiger My Timing slowly mess with expectations, tinkering with the trappings of 21st century post-punk and altering bits of their sound here and there with such a deft hand that it's barely noticeable. But it makes all the difference"[7]

"…their musical modesty hides a cleverness and sexiness which is all the more irresistible for its refusal to announce itself"[8]

"...you can't deny that this is a magic pop song" – Xposure Hot One[9]

Radio

The band's their third single Endless Summer was playlisted on BBC 6 Music from June to August 2011, and on XFM's Evening Playlist in July 2011. In April 2009, the band were broadcast as part of XFM's Xposure Live sessions with John Kennedy. In May 2010, the band played the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend event in Bangor, North Wales.

Discography

Albums

Singles

EPs

Compilations

Other Tracks

Music Videos

Notes

  1. 1 2 Chester, Tim (5 June 2009). "My Tiger My Timing – Ask Your Heart (Echo mix) – Free MP3". NME. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 Diver, Mike (24 April 2009). "Track of the Day". Clash. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 "This Week's Singles". Drowned in Sound. 1 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Wink, Richard (29 June 2012). "My Tiger My Timing Celeste". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Salmon, Chris (14 April 2011). "F&M Playlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Fire is Around the Corner". Dummy. 16 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Nicholson, Rebecca (7 April 2009). "This Week's Singles". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  8. ↑ ArtRocker Magazine, 9 April
  9. ↑ Jon Hillcock, Xfm, 9 March

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