TIGER FLOWERS WILL “DRAG” YOU THROUGH THE DIRT

Any boxing buffs in the MS readership? If the name Tiger Flowers sounds familiar to you that’s because Theodore “Tiger” Flowers was the first African American heavyweight boxing champ. But for the rest of you it’s probably because NYC band Tiger Flowers and their heavyweight riffs appeared on Volume 1 of our completely free NYC Sucks compilation released this past winter. The song on the comp, “Cuts,” was just a sample of the visceral carnage this band has in store; now armed with a freshly inked deal with The Path Less Traveled Records, Tiger Flowers are set to unveil their self-titled EP on September 20th.

“Drag,” a nine-minute epic of crushing intensity at both breakneck and plodding paces, is now available for streaming at Gun Shy Assassin. The song perfectly encapsulates what this band is about; dragging you through the dirt with their jarring, angular, post-hardcore inspired attack, first fast, then slow, then fast again, then slow again… just to fuck with you. This music is straight up mean.

Stream “Drag” at Gun Shy Assassin then come back here and tell us what you think. The Tiger Flowers EP comes out on September 20th as a digital release only.

-VN