The Republic Tigers – EP
The Republic Tigers decided to forgo any name for their four track EP simply just calling it EP. This Kansas City five piece band blend the joys of acoustic music with some levels of electronic on top of that. There is something really special about the way they do it. The music has a generally pop and breezy tone to it and along with some beautiful and uplifting harmonies. “Buildings and Mountains” kicks in nicely with a simply strum of an acoustic guitar and a touch of a worldly background vocal. The song screams summer evenings at you with its combination of dark and light elements. “Sinkin’ Annie, Down, Down, Down” starts and a little Field Music gets evoked with the vocals in such beauty harmony and the music that trudges right along with it and of course some repetitive lyrics that just stick inside your head. “The Drums” starts off with a little synthetic piece drum piece. The last track “Rollercoaster” takes us to the finish with its sort of strange indie-ballroom dancing song. Never, did I think by the end of this EP I would want to be slow dancing. The KC boys have wet my appetite so much. They blew everything I thought about them coming in right out of the water.
By John Siwicki
