Freelance Whales

 This was the first winter show I had been to in a long time. It was fifteen degrees outside so I think everyone was happy just to be inside away from the cold. After we had a chance to warm ourselves a group I had never heard of took the stage. Miniature Tigers is the name of that group. One song into the set the drummer and guitar player switched instruments and they brought another drummer up for the song after that, and after that song they switched around again. When bands do this too much it just seems like shtick, confusing and distracting. Thankfully they were good enough during the songs that I didn't mind it at all. The set was very good, I felt however that their drum beats were rather repetitive and more than twice did a song switch rhythm and build on just a driving two or three chords pattern and go back into the first melody and beat. Where this was best done I think was on Mansion of Misery and Lolita. Lolita was by far my favorite! That bassline following the vocals! I've listened to it a dozen or so times since the show.

 I can't say enough for their Harmonies! They were prefect. I wish I had taken notes but this is a new blog so please forgive me. Another thing I greatly enjoyed was a point in the set (I'm blanking on the name if the song) where the bass took over! Not in a bass solo way (though there was a slight one earlier) but in a resounding, overwhelming, chest vibrating way. It didn't drown out the rest of the instruments, that usually means terrible feedback. This was on time, on key and on everybody's mind the rest of the evening.

 Freelance whales had a very good set as well, but Miniature Tigers was far more memorable for me. I hadn't heard any of their music I was going for the whales but was drawn to the tigers! They were just what we needed on a frozen Wednesday and I hope they come back soon.