TIGER FLOWERS GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT

Tiger Flowers are one of those bands that actually do defy categorization in the face of hundreds of <insert metal micro-genre here>-copycats who claim they do. They have elements of doom, hardcore, metal, post-punk and Dillinger-style atonal freakouts, a hodge-podge of punk and metal that inexplicably works really fucking well when all thrown together. The band brought their furious live thunder to Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory when they opened the kick-off date of the Metal As Art tour last week, matching the absurdity of their recorded works pound for pound with their frenetic live attack.

Our Bro-stadons over at Brooklyn Vegan are offering up an exclusive download of the brand new Tiger Flowers track “The Weight,” a song that displays all the best of what the band has to offer. New Yorkers can catch the band for free at The Studio at Webster Hall this coming Monday, January 18th, while other East Coasters can catch them on tour in February (dates also at Brooklyn Vegan — scroll down).

-VN