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Miniature Tigers may hail from the landlocked sprawl of southern Arizona, but the band's music sets its sights on California, a more appropriate setting for the sun-baked pop songs that comprise this debut. With its ruminations on life, love, and the TV show Lost, Tell It to the Volcano is a delightfully rare record, one that employs power pop songcraft and lyrical snark in equal measures. Frontman Charlie Brand maintains a straight face throughout, whether he's rhyming "Merry Christmas" with "Hare Krishnas" or finding ways to couch his broken heart in a cheery, whimsical context. Accordingly, "Cannibal Queen" likens heartbreak to a desert island experience, with thick harmonies and an "Edge of Seventeen"-styled guitar riff underscoring Brand's melodies, while the title track features the sort of tropical, Caucasian doo wop made popular by the Tokens.
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Cannibal Queen 2:42
2 Like or Like Like 2:36
3 Dino Damage 2:21
4 Tell It to the Volcano 2:32
5 Hot Venom 2:48
6 Tchaikovsky & Solitude 3:03
7 The Wolf 2:33
8 Giraffe 2:00
9 Annie Oakley 3:09
10 Haunted Pyramid 1:54
11 Last Night's Fake Blood 3:32
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