Live report: Jeniferever + Tiger Lou @ Tack! Tack! Tack!, London UK 02/13/06
Tiger Lou meets Jeniferever on British soil was a bit like a double A-side single from your favourite band, or a split single, as is now the done thing.
Like a footballer on a goal spree, TL are enjoying a string of sold-out shows meaning this debut streched that tally to keeping them a European Captial Sell out act. (Berlin, Stockholm and London of late).
You have TL, slated for V2 UK issue soon, and Jeniferever with an album impending release on DiS, and the latter turning out to their second sold-out show in less than a month in the UK capital.
A bit like that first job post University - Tiger Lou cut their cloth as might suit them for the future. In demand. In touch. Incredible.
Tiger Lou opened professionally with a long instrumental to allow for sound levels to be properlly set then bellted into "The loyal" then therafter ripping songs mainly from the current album - if you want to know exactly what songs, then ask someone in their guestbook. From recollection, best were the punkier, moodier deliveries: "Until I'm there", "My very own blood", "Sell out" and a cracking rendition of the best song of the night: "Nixon". Allowing hype and euphoria prevailing with rafters packed and anticipation unrivalled. The loudest reposnse in T!T!T!'s short histroy some said. "The punk rock" set said Tiger Lou.
With no encore, the night headed into It's a Trap DJs - Nick Levine & Per Apelqvist who slung down the tracks to marry into Jeniferever's start.
Post-rock bonanza followed, and as pre-warmed, Jeniferever played each of the four songs from their Myspace page (how 2006 is that?) - the not-so-shabby new songs "Swimming eyes" and "From across the sea" were the best of the lot. Oddliy the band took their curtain call from the toilet...then of course, this is rock'n'roll.
Both bands were watched by peers from The Perishers, Firefox AK, La Tour, Redjetson. Do the math. They were that attractive.
Twelve years ago Dr. Alban were supported by E-Type just down the road at the Mean Fiddler - how times have changed....and it wasn't all good in the old days.
- Jason Christie