UK Tour Dates:
17th April – Hug and Pint, Glasgow
18th April – Think Tank, Newcastle
19th April – Fibbers, York
20th April – Buyers Club, Liverpool
21st April – Deaf Institue, Manchester
22nd April – Bodega, Nottingham
23rd April – Rainbow, Birmingham
25th April – Purple, Reading
26th April – Boileroom, Guildford
28th April – Scala, London
30th April – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
1st May – Handmade Festival, Leicester
2nd May – The Lantern, Bristol
3rd May – The Haunt, Brighton
9th May – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
10th May – Portland Arms, Cambridge
EU Tour Dates (w/ Deftones):
7th June – Live Club, Milan, Italy
14th June – Palladium, Cologne, Germany
15th June – Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
About Three Trapped Tigers: In the five years since the band’s debut, they have moulded the new record through a combination of touring and live experiences, including playing with the likes of Deftones and Dillinger Escape Plan, as well as a well as a rich and impressive series of collaborations and personal projects that have augmented the group’s palate. The group worked with Brian Eno and Karl Hyde of Underworld, using Brian’s ‘Oblique Strategies’ during the writing stages of ‘Silent Earthling,’ something that proved an invaluable way of forcing the group out of their comfort zones. Through Brian they also performed at Punkt Festival in Norway and played an improvised collaboration gig in Oslo with their synth hero Ståle Storløkken of Supersilent. Calvert and the group’s drummer, Adam Betts, currently form the backbone of The Heritage Orchestra, and have recently been part of some truly unique projects: an electro-orchestral, multi-media reworking of Joy Division material; performing the Blade Runner soundtrack; and also performing the Music of Giorgio Moroder at Sydney Opera House. They also played Goldie’s album Timeless at the Royal Festival Hall. In fact their musical explorations have been so vast and varied they’ve even found themselves working with the likes of Roots Manuva, Skepta and JME. Keyboard player Tom Rogerson has even taken the Brian Eno connection to the next level and a collaborative album with Brian Eno is due later this year.
As impressive as their work outside of the band is, it’s where it has led them to on this record where it’s impact can really be felt: shimmering sci-fi explorations, rich cinematic landscapes, pulsing electronics, mammoth riffs, and pounding drums. Some of the most noticeable developments can be found through the duality of refinement and expansion; here we have less blaring noise and more melody, deep-set grooves, unshakable hooks and much more electronics. On the title-track they nod subtly to Death Grips via Hudson Mohawke; on ‘Engrams’ they employ a sort of quasi-jungle salvos; ‘Kraken’ takes on a pounding doom-laden tone; whilst ‘Hemisphere’ sees them ditch guitars altogether to create something cinematic in scope, infused with roomy keyboards, mechanical drums and glistening flashes of synth that somehow feel both emotionally rich and warm, yet also cold, dystopian and eerie – like all the best sci-fi films.
If Three Trapped Tigers have managed a continuation of their sense of personal tone and character – then another aspect that they have brought with them on this album is the palpable feeling of ‘where next?’ ‘Silent Earthling’ is a record that makes predicting their next stop somewhat impossible, a sentiment that Calvert echoes, “There are still some ideas and ambitions we have for our sound that we haven’t yet explored. I think we would like to keep the ball rolling and be more prolific so that we can really push our potential.”
Three Trapped Tigers are:
- Matt Calvert – guitar & keys
- Tom Rogerson - keys
- Adam Betts - drums
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