Tigers Jaw’s self-titled album arrived in June 2010, four years after the Scranton band began. Its supplied tags place it across punk, rock, emo, grunge and indie, pointing to a guitar-band release that refuses a single narrow shelf. The ten-song tracklist runs from “The Sun” through “Plane Vs Tank Vs Submarine”, “I Saw Water” and “HEAT” to “Never Saw It Coming”, with titles that move between plainspoken phrases and stranger combinations. There isn’t enough source information to make claims about the mix, instrumentation or vocal approach, so the genre markers are the clearest guide to how it should be approached.
Fans of early Tigers Jaw, or anyone looking through the Scranton punk and emo scene, will find the relevant starting point here. It’s a paid release with a useful spread of digital options, including MP3 320, FLAC 16/44, ALAC, WAV and AIFF, and it also comes on CD, cassette and vinyl LP. That makes it an easy pick for someone building a physical collection as well as anyone checking out the band’s 2010 debut through a lossless copy.
