Tiger Force

Don't press play before checking your volume levels, Tiger Force are likely to blow out your windows. Carried through incomprehensibly hip label Marquis Cha Cha 'A Wasp In The Jar' punches from the first blast of their eponymous 'Anthem'. They do not relent from this point forwards: eight tracks collide in your ears with shockwaves of fuzzy jolted indie and screwed up art rock. Zapping synths and snappy shared vocals give clap-happy 'Beat This' the kind of sound which would result from a fight between The Sugarcubes and Lush, with something of 1992 era Rough Trade in 'Five Six I Got Sticks'. Undeniably of its time û you can reference The Gossip throughout û nevertheless the bouncing shouted choruses of 'Hey Yo Square Eyes' and melodic crunch of 'Super Lo Fi Stutter Happy Panic Song' have a frank freshness which should have you buzzing without much resistance. As a comedown closing track 'Your Music Sucks' is Lily Allen style cutesy indie which could well be a contender for best rhyming couplet of the year: "I had so many plans but I cheated in my exams."