Cougar’s instrumental arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Fugazi, and Nick Drake’s guitar work, albeit optimistic as opposed to morose.
[audio: stay_famous.mp3]
The band’s singular sound is rooted in a keen sensibility of form and texture, more in line with sample-based music and modern classical than indie rock – which isn’t to say this is rock-as-academia – Cougar also invoke the roaring riff monster, the fist-in-the-air, anthemic head-banger to which so many groups give only an ironic nod. The debut album Law mixed with John McEntire of Tortoise.
‘Melodically lush, rhythmically compelling…gloriously precise and urgent.’ – The Wire Magazin. D/B Artist Feature: https://www.digitalinberlin.de/cougar LIVE @ Privatclub c/o Weltrestaurant Markthalle / Pücklerstrasse 34 / 10997 Berlin. Highly Recommeded Event!
COUGAR / Patriot EPK
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=5TxD__bo1Uo
Cougar’s second album, the forthcoming Patriot (August 17th on Counter), is an aggressive, narrative affair that sees the band reach even greater extremes than on Law. The epic, sparkling counterpoint of the first record crops up, but Patriot firmly establishes itself as a different music shredding the lines between electronic, rock and modern, one that never forgets to pay allegiance to the hook. If an album of new music raises the question, “What kind of band IS this?” then perhaps the artist is doing their job. Urgent, captivating and strangely moving: emergency rock.
[audio: 01 Atlatl.mp3]
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Tour Dates:
01. Okt. 2009 20:00
Hoxton (Counter Night) London
02. Okt. 2009 20:00
Revo @ Korova Liverpool
03. Okt. 2009 20:00
Sugar Club Dublin
04. Okt. 2009 20:00
Captains Rest Glasgow
05. Okt. 2009 20:00
Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh
06. Okt. 2009 20:00
Start The Bus Bristol
07. Okt. 2009 20:00
Batofar Paris
08. Okt. 2009 20:00
Sous Soul Bern
09. Okt. 2009 20:00
Mariaberg Rorschach
11. Okt. 2009 20:00
MTC Koln
12. Okt. 2009 20:00
Schocken Stuttgart
13. Okt. 2009 20:00
AB Club Brussels
14. Okt. 2009 20:00
Democracy Gent
15. Okt. 2009 20:00
Gruner Jager Hamburg
16. Okt. 2009 20:00
Privat Club Berlin
18. Okt. 2009 20:00
Ampere Munich
19. Okt. 2009 20:00
Den Atelier (w/ Maximo Park) Luxembourg
20. Okt. 2009 20:00
Grabenhalle (w/ Maximo Park) – SOLD OUT St. Gallen
21. Okt. 2009 20:00
Jericho Oxford
22. Okt. 2009 20:00
Chantry Social Club Canterbury
23. Okt. 2009 20:00
Lexington London
