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Author: Matthew Stanley.

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Why would you want to track a tiger? In my limited experience I’d have to say I’d rather try and avoid dangerous animals than deliberately go out my way to find one. Although it does remind me that one is supposedly roaming around North Yorkshire. A lady said she saw a big cat on the road, and then later identified it as a tiger when she was shown pictures. Surely alarm bells should have been ringing at this point? If you couldn’t recognise a tiger without picture aid, surely it’s only right to be a tiny bit sceptical about validity of it all. My moneys on it being ‘Worrell Thompson’ the fat ginger cat who delights in eating from our bin bags. Anyway an almighty digression of complete irrelevance, I suppose I should actually start talking about the CD.

In an interesting move, Deep Elm are only pressing 1,000 copies of the CD to try and encourage digital downloads of it, and of course decrease the cost of it all for a small label. What better way to start it than with the utterly brilliant Track A Tiger. Invoking the textured layering of atmospheric indie pop akin to American Analog Set, the music washes upwards like the incoming tide. Add to this the earnest dual vocals of Vallet and Castañda that sit between sombre and serene and you have a winner.

Other comparisons can be made with bands like Low or Iron and Wine which gives an idea about the melodic indie pop that they lovingly carve out from luscious soundscapes with keyboards, soft guitars and intricate percussion (I really want to know what the Buddha machine is that Vallet apparently plays at one point). I could go on about single tracks which stand out but the truth is, I’d have to talk about every song on this album as each has been carefully cared and provided for in a style that would impress Mother Theresa. What Deep Elm have here is a band who quite comfortably could challenge the supremacy of the Arts and Craft Collective label.

Listen: www.myspace.com/trackatiger

Tracklist:

1. Saint About to Fall
2. Don’t Make a Weapon
3. Light
4. All These Accidents
5. I Speak to You With a Single Heart
6. Not Far From This Anger
7. With Stars Down
8. Sometimes Love Runs Out
9. Summer’s End
10. Without Fail