SONG OF THE DAY (#185)

'at least i'm honest,' by tiger baby

a bit of free, unsolicited advice: if you find yourself amongst the rhythmically-challeged, here's a simple solution: listen to tiger baby's sufficiently-awesome-to-move-you album, 'noise around me.' results guaranteed after one listen. operators are standing by.

tiger baby is really one of the few dance/synth bands out there who completely manage to avoid all of the cheesiness inherent in the genre, whether it be the music or the image. 'the noise around me' is a lesson in seductive, icy-cool, sophisticated pop. i'm not lyin'. every song (and i mean every song) so-good-it-should-be-a-single. vocalist pernille pang (the second coming of saint etienne's sarah cracknell. which, of course, is nothing but awesome) and keyboard noodlers benjamin teglbj��rg and nikolaj gregersen are, for my money, one of the best things that has happened to synthpop this century. instant fantasy concert proposal: tiger baby opening for goldfrapp opening for saint etienne. sheee-oot! i'd go anywhere to see that show. who wouldn't? (and honestly speaking, in terms of quality 'the noise around me' is every bit as good as goldfrapp's 'supernature.' i realize that's high praise, but it's true).

i absolutely adore this album. if you like your synthpop sleek, sexy and cool, then tiger baby is for you. (and between mew and tiger baby, denmark is racking up some serious cool points.) you can also check out the video for 'girlfriend' here. you can check out a live clips here.

��� tiger baby: at least i'm honest
��� tiger baby: parkova
��� tiger baby: prolusion
��� tiger baby: strangelove (depeche mode cover)