Tigers Of Junction Street – ‘Tigers Of Junction Street’ [Review]
I’m not sure if it’s too early to compare a band to Lostprophets, but I’m going to do it anyway. Until recently, that band was one of my favourite acts ever; regardless of what was cool at the time, Lostprophets were always able to blend it all into a fresh sound with a unique edge. Tigers Of Junction Street do much the same thing – and it’s completely won me over.
While Lostprophets took on alt-metal, metalcore, and emo, tigers Of Junction Street take influence from today’s raft of technical prog metal titans. Protest The Hero, Periphery, Twelve Foot Ninja, Coheed And Cambria and company are all given not so much nods, but hyper-enthusiastic high fives – but still, Tigers Of Junction Street are much more than mere copycats. There’s something special and different in here – something intriguing and seductively exciting.
Basically, if one of my (now-former) favourite bands were still around today, and didn’t have a convicted child molester for a vocalist, they would be Tigers Of Junction Street. If there’s any justice in the world, these guys will eclipse Lostprophets’ success and give us fans of perfectly blended metal more releases to look forward to.
My only advice? Stay away from the meth…
Cheers to Lee Jackson at Saviour PR for the heads-up about this release.
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