Having kept quiet for a while Pull Tiger Tail decided to go on a full UK tour right in the middle of exam time. It was announced shortly before it kicked off, the late notice is most likely the explanation for a mere 103 tickets being sold in advance. This London band had not been on tour for a while, and does not seem to have spend that much time in the studio either as the planned album still has not come out and they have been releasing single after single.
On that Wednesday night the top floor of the academy was filled with mostly 14 year-old girls, to my surprise there were a lot of boys in the same age group present as well. I felt rather old at 19. Pull Tiger Tail seem to be underrated as they themselves probably would prefer having a fan base that is not so narrowed down, and their music should appeal to more people anyways. On stage they have a lot of charisma, confidence and they know that they are good without turning into the arrogant rockstar, maybe because they are indie? They are good looking and have an impressive stage presence; in a way they are entertainers. Starting everything off with the mentioning of a haircut that they had given their lead singer earlier in the day. Jumping around and just having loads of fun and energy on stage seems to be their motto.
But the gig wasn’t all that much fun, there was a bizarre Newcastle band as the support. Coming in later that planned Deathcrew 92 shocked by not having a drummer. The drums where preformed by a computer plugged into the system the so called ‘drummer’ made sure the right drum track was being played. What made all of this worse was the fact that the drums appeared to be the most emphasized instrument this band had.
Even with the beginning of the gig being confusing and deceiving Pull Tiger Tail preformed great without deceiving one tiny bit. The future of the band is interesting as well. If they want to go back to Uni they would have to do it in September, which would put the band on hold for a year.
Review by Solveig Werner
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