Peaks TIGUE

TIGUE

PEAKS

“An imaginative, distinctive, hypnotic yet kinetic blend of indie classical, minimalism, postrock and drone music” (New York Music Daily), Peaks is the debut full-length album from powerhouse percussion trio TIGUE. The album features guitar and bass contributions from Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan and James McNew, as well as other contributions from Shahin Motia, Mike Turzanski and Kid Millions (who also produced the record).

TIGUE delivers rhythmic hooks and patterned drones in “an ever-expanding mess of garage and indie-rock” (Q2 Music). Praised for their energetic and focused performances, the Ohio-born, Brooklyn-based members (Matt Evans, Amy Garapic and Carson Moody) have worked together extensively on original and composed music for nearly half a decade. Formed in 2012, TIGUE crystallized out of, and in spite of, the eclectic contemporary, pop, and avant-garde influences inherent in their DNA.

Available 11.13.15 from New Amsterdam Records www.newamrecords.com/peaks

Peaks is comprised of a peculiar brand of post-minimalist pattern-pop; a collection of crisscrossed musical conventions that evokes a kaleidoscope of genres. With inspiration from pioneering composers and breakthrough art-rockers, TIGUE has fashioned an album that defies categorization, combining “homegrown ethos and conservatory precision” (Impose Magazine).

About the record, Matt writes, "Like our live show, Peaks is meant to be understood in it's entirety; it's really a seamless, single work in eight parts. But, alternatively, some of the parts are based on song forms; songs where lyrics have been replaced with a kind of compositional complexity. It's music I imagine you would count along to rather than sing along to."

TIGUE is actively performing and teaching at music festivals, colleges and universities around the country. Recent performances have included the International Beethoven Festival (Chicago), the Color Field Festival (Madison), the Frieze Festival (NYC) and the New Music Bake Sale (Brooklyn). They perform frequently in New York City, highlighted by recent performances at Roulette, The Kitchen, Le Poisson Rouge, The Noguchi Museum, and the Knitting Factory.

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