Loud Tiger Drops A Full Length Album That Doesn't Hold Back
- BuzzSlayers
- 2 hours ago
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The new album release from Loud Tiger is a lesson in songwriting diversity as the record boasts so many different genre styles, approaches, and aesthetic while never losing its pop sensibility, delivering songs that range from country and Americana, to contemporary pop, radio pop, folk pop, and plenty more, all world into one massive record that displays loads of heart and personality along the way.
I think this is one of the most important aspects of the entire thing. This record has character, and I think that's really one of the things you get attached to the most when listening to it.
The album is dubbed Cactus, and it starts with the track called "Medicine", which already starts with a lot of that unbridled honesty.
It's a love song of sorts, and the way that she articulates everything lyrically makes so much connective sense, as she explains that that other person is her medicine.
You can call your significant other your other half, your partner, your muse, but I've never really heard it put in a perspective where you can call them your medicine.
I really like that because it's so wholehearted and showcases just a hint of vulnerability, but not going over the top. Like a lot of the rest of the record, the lyrical approach is very well balanced. She gives away a lot and definitely displays an artist who is not afraid to put pieces of herself into her music, but also leaves a little bit of an area open.
She does this because then the song becomes yours as well. When you listen to a song like this, you think of your person.
I love the approach on this, and it's such a great way to introduce the rest of the album.
This opens the door to the record beautifully; however, as I said earlier, there is a lot of branching out into different directions in terms of the songwriting and genre approach.
While the title track. "Cactus" has loads of pop overtones; it comes through with a crisp sort of guitar-driven feel, with Acoustics, and a contemporary undertone. This was colorful, very genuine, and she certainly isn't afraid to lay in those catchy vocal hooks wherever she wants.
This track had a little bit of a different drive to it, but still feels like it fits perfectly with the rest of the songs.
"Thirsty" has an edgy feel with a little bit more swagger and attitude. This one, to me, is like a pure radio pop song, and it comes through with a bit of a punch. I like that she can give you that as well.
So by the time you get only a few songs in, you start to realize that she's showing different sides to how she performs and writes.
Again, this is all still very pop-toned and creates an amazing atmosphere all in all.
Songs like "Whiplash" start with a little bit more of a stripped-down feel, focusing more on acoustic and vocals. Very soulful performances in terms of her singing, which is nothing new, but here, because of its more stripped-down approach, you're able to soak those vocals in a little differently.
There are a lot of songs on the record that are awesome, and very Lush, thick, full body, and sort of in your face. The vocals are always the focal point, but with a more stripped-down song like this one, you're really able to take in all the lyrics in one shot and absorb more of that soulful expression.
There are swells throughout this track, letting it sort of grow and intensify at times and giving it a fast undertone, bringing it into a more cinematic aesthetic.
"Bitter" is amazing at bringing some of that sort of '90s contemporary acoustic pop feel back to the table, not just songwriting and vocal-wise, but also that beautiful acoustic guitar approach and warm tonality come along with lyrics that paint a picture as the song unfolds.
She's also an amazing storyteller. This is an artist who definitely lays it out there in a way that you can picture it and understand everything that's happening and where she's coming from, even when it's coming from a very personal perspective.
It was a brilliant piece of work. These songs absolutely go together, and this is a record I highly suggest listening to all the way through, in one sitting.
It just has a bigger experience this way, and you're able to take in all the stories and lyrics in a deeper sense.
She definitely holds on to some of that southern tonality, bringing in country or Americana style instrumentation and that hint of twang in both the guitars and her vocals, but even when songs are leaning more towards that direction, they're still super memorable and catchy in different ways.
This was definitely a big record, and you should dive right into it now.
This is for people who like albums with a lot to chew on.
Check this out and remember where you heard it first.
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