Today we’d like to introduce you to Tiger Rider.
Tiger, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
Tiger Rider is an indie rock band with two members from Boston and two members from Los Angeles. We’re now based in Seattle. The two Patricks (guitar and drums) are from Boston. Nick and Heather (guitar/vocals and bass) are from Los Angeles. One of the Patricks (guitar) moved to LA and in 2014 met Nick and Heather working at the Hollywood Guitar Center. This was the birth of Tiger Rider.
The three of us became disillusioned with LA and decided to move up to Seattle to build our band in a smaller city and shortly thereafter met the other Patrick (drummer). This Patrick had just moved to Seattle from Boston one month prior. We couldn’t believe that both Patricks were Irish and from Boston, it seemed too good to be true. They were also born in the same month of the same year, they have the exact same pair of glasses, they have the same red beanie, and their last names start with an A and a B (Ahern and Brophy). Upon finding all of this out, we knew that we had to continue this band with our new drummer, Patrick Ahern.
So now Tiger Rider is enjoying the Seattle music scene as well as the trees, the coffee, and the local breweries. Most would say that we sound like a combination of Weezer, Brand New, and Pixies.
Band Bio:
Tiger Rider is an indie rock band based in Seattle. Nick (guitar/vocals), Patrick (guitar), Heather (bass/vocals), and Patrick (drums) combine painfully honest songwriting, mournful melodies, and walls of fuzz to create dramatic tonal shifts. This loud/quiet/loud dynamic reflects the nature of the city where the music is written, with roaring guitars standing in for stabs of thunder that interrupt the gentle patter of rain.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
We make extremely honest indie rock songs about many topics. Nick’s lyrics typically involve subjects such as being an artist, feeling like a failure, disappointing the people around you, being eternally single, the power of friendship, and the need to create art rather than just consuming.
We’re all in this band because we are four best friends who love creating music and art and want to inspire others to be creative. We want our fans to know that they’re not alone and we can all go through things together through music. There’s been so many times where music has gotten us through tough times. We want to offer that to others.
We like to goof around a lot too. Our videos and social media posts are often pretty silly because that’s just who we are.
How we create our art:
Nick and Patrick (guitar) will typically come to the band with a skeleton of a song idea.
We then collectively put the muscles, ligaments, organs, skin, and clothing on that skeleton in our band rehearsal space. It’s a really fun and sometimes frustrating process. We typically spend about three months shaping the song into its final form.
We record drums and bass at professional studios but Patrick (drummer) records the guitars, synths, and vocals in our basement. Patrick also mixes for us. He’s kind of our tech guy. He does all video editing as well.
What would you recommend to an artist new to the city, or to art, in terms of meeting and connecting with other artists and creatives?
It can be extremely lonely but that’s also the beauty of it. We feel that great art comes from connecting to your emotions and passions and then bringing them into the world. It’s fun and challenging to collaborate with each other sometimes because artistry is such a vulnerable thing.
So we’d say to try and find other artists who are doing similar things and build a community. We try and go to other bands’ shows and those bands do the same for us. Building a scene around your art is the most important thing you can do. Support others and they will support you.
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
Our first three EP’s are on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, iTunes, Youtube, etc.
We’re almost done with our self-titled EP and accompanying music videos, all should be out this spring/summer!
People can see and support our work at the websites below. Buying t-shirts/merch, streaming our music, and coming to our shows helps a lot. The biggest thing someone can do to support us is to share our music and social media pages with their friends.
Websites:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5O4ABCIEkOOERfwO9OKyfx
www.tigerridermusic.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWP5RJ_d06Shmpq2T-6pBOg
Contact Info:
- Website: www.tigerriderband.com
- Email: tigerridermusic@gmail.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/tigerriderband
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/tigerriderband
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/tigerriderband
Image Credit:
Omar Rashan, Victoria Redmon
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