Fresh Music / Newly Arranged (March 2012)
Philly Music!
Philly band Tygerstrype has been busy these days. A couple weeks ago they released "Odessa", which is a cover of the band Caribou. This was Tygerstype's first cover, and comes on the heels of their full-length album release "Lackadaisical Daisy" back in 2011.
The instrumentals on "Odessa" have a haunting quality and sound a little darker than many of the songs on Daisy, although there is quite a range on the latter. Listen to "Little Bros" and "Malevolence" as contrasts.
Tygerstrype is currently the team of Gabriel Guererro and Alden Towler. It was originally the brainchild of Gabriel, who comes from a history of being a hip-hop artist.
The first instrument that Gabe ever played was the bass, which he played in bands some years back. But not for too long. He became impatient with being confined by the limitations of one musical instrument's capabilities. That's when he decided to expand his efforts into electronics.
He then created Tygerstrype as a solo electronics act.
Alden also has a long history of playing music. His first real instruments were the flute and the recorder which he started to play around age 5 or 6. At age 12 a family member gave him a guitar which he started to play a year later when another family member taught him "Angie" by The Rolling Stones. And he hasn't put it down since!
In college he played in bands with Gabe, but then they went their separate ways for a few years.
It wasn't until September, 2010, that they got back together as Alden joined Gabe to do the "Lackadaisical Daisy" album.
So I heard Tygerstrype do a good show last weekend at Kung Fu Necktie, where they played all of these songs. The audience was hyped up and excited, and it was a good debut for their cover of "Odessa".
Current song right here on my blog page is "Odessa", the Caribou cover by Tygerstrype.
To visit Tygerstrype where you can hear all of this new music, click here ::: Tygerstrype (CLICK HERE)
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