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Tiger Flies Was Available In France As A Deluxe Two CD Edition Housed In A Card Slipcase. Snowstorm Has Imported A Strictly Limited Amount Of This Package.The 2CD Features The Tiger Flies Album And The Now Deleted 6 Track Talk About Troubles E.P. It Comes With New Artwork And Is Limited To Just 1,000 Copies.
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Candidate - Tiger Flies
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
North London quartet Candidate have plowed their distinctive furrow for a few years now, announcing themselves splendidly with a slew of EPs (Leader, Take Over Tokyo) which their debut LP, sadly, struggled to match (though it wasn't without some excellent moments - Somerset, for one). It's great to be able to report, then, that second album 'Tiger Flies' is a more cohesive, consistent and altogether better record.
Commencing with the gorgeous harmonies of the all-too-brief 'Avalanche', the LP quickly settles itself somewhere between The Beta Band and Sparklehorse, with Lambchop and Giant Sand thrown somewhere into the mix. Lest you think it's wholly derivative of its altcountry antecedents, it's also necessary to point out the overall distinctiveness of the sound, characterised mainly by singer Joel Morris' deep, faintly Americanised voice and pithy lyrics ("Damned incompetents/What Do they know?" Begins one song).
Some fifteen minutes longer than their debut, the album isn't without its filler and occasionally comes across as slightly inconsequential. However, in 'Hawaiian Police', 'Honey' and 'This is the Way', Candidate demonstrate an easy way with melody that distinguishes them from their peers (if they have any: they're distanced from the new acoustic orthodoxy and don't really fit in anywhere else, which can only be a good thing). Flawed it may be, but 'Tiger Flies' is an engaging grower that should bring the group to wider attention.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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There aren't enough words to truely do justice to North-Londons' CANDIDATES' latest musical offering. Tiger Flies is the follow up to the quartet's highly acclaimed debut "Taking on the Enemies Sound". Candidate have blended the right influences with a fistfull of catchy hooklines to create a superb second album that tears at the heartstrings and leaves you screaming for more. Take for example "This is The Way". This track embodies an ocean of melody, lapping gently against your eardrums! This is the kind of song that makes you feel good to be alive. Elsewhere on the album "Hangman's Waltz" packs an impressive punch of raw accoustica while "Honey" surrounds the listener in a warm glow of spine-tingling bliss. I can see very little wrong with this album. Oh, except for the dead bee on the album cover. Although apparently it died of natural causes!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I bought Candidate's CD because it was recommended in the Guardian and because it was something quite different to what I normally listen to. I wasn't disappointed. It's the kind of music that can seriously break your heart - I loved Honey and the far-too-short Avalanche - Joel Morris seems to sing out despite rather than because of the audience and one has to wonder about the source of such emotional depth.. This is a winner...... like a good wine, it just goes on improving.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Masterpiece! Still so good, years on
Slotting 'Tiger flies' in my CD player has become a regular occurence over the years. There is no better 'chilled out' Saturday morning record, and it sounds as fresh today as when... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2011 by Patrick Sykes
1.0 out of 5 stars
not available although still on Amazon site
Love to recommend this I know it is good as it has been recommended to me but not from Amazon as it is no longer available even though it says it is
Published on 28 Oct 2010 by richenda
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chilled out!!!
If you're a lover of The Beta Band you'll like this album, every song on this is nice to listen to, a real chilled, sunday afternoon, relaxing in the sunsheeeeine with a bottle of... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
sublime
bought this as the guy in the Times reccomended it. Not disappointed, very similar in many ways to Hobotalk, a record i havent stopped playing for a year now. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2002 by A. Grant
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