★★★★★
Release Date: March 6, 2012 Mia Pharaoh caught me by surprise. In 2009, I saw Miniature Tigers open up for my favorite band, Manchester Orchestra. Although I couldn't recall a single song from the set, I just remember their performance being a hell of a lot of fun, full of acoustic guitars and drums strewn across the stage, and a song about volcanoes...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-06-11
★★★★★
Miniature Tigers' songwriter and frontman Charlie Brand has a gift for catchy melodies and a penchant for offbeat subject matter. These qualities have served certain songwriters well in the past; hell, They Might Be Giants have had a career for three decades because of it and have themselves inspired a new generation of nerd-rockers, including, one assumes, Charlie Brand. It's really not a bad subgenre to work in...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
I'll make this short and sweet: don't buy this album. Don't buy it even if you loved Tell It to the Volcano, Phoenix's Miniature Tigers' debut. It simply isn't the same material, and it's one of the biggest lemons of 2010. Like a used car from a suspicious character, Fortress simply isn't worth the risk - or the time. Rather than continuing the Beatles-crossed-with-Wilco sounds of their debut, Miniature Tigers seem to have taken more cues from...whatever drugs they're taking...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
Miniature Tigers' songwriter and frontman Charlie Brand has a gift for catchy melodies and a penchant for offbeat subject matter. These qualities have served certain songwriters well in the past; hell, They Might Be Giants have had a career for three decades because of it and have themselves inspired a new generation of nerd-rockers, including, one assumes, Charlie Brand. It's really not a bad subgenre to work in...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-10-04
★★★★★
Sister Hazel's Fortress goes down like a yummysnack cake. There's lots of golden, springy melody to sink yourteeth into, and the creme filling is nothing but sweet, gooeyharmony clusters. But even the tastiest Twinkie is still justjunk food ? synthetic and unsatisfying. Besides, don't you knowthat stuff's bad for you? C
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Charlie Brand's head is a strange, fanciful place. On Miniature Tigers' debut LP, 2009's Tell It to the Volcano, the indie-pop artisans' chief guitarist/songwriter wielded a powerful tool — a charmer's voice suggesting doe-eyed glances and a gently flickering sexiness — while hopping among scenarios that got weirder as they went along...
- thephoenix.com
2010-08-06
★★★★★
When a band tries on as many different hats as Miniature Tigers do on their sophomore LP, Fortress, it can raise a red flag. The Brooklyn-based foursome spends a lot of time here style-pinching, connecting dots already drawn by contemporary indie acts. And yet Miniature Tigers are often able to pull it off...
- pitchfork.com
2010-08-06
★★★★★
Sound: Chris Cho of The Morning Benders found a kindred spirit in vocalist/guitarist Charlie Brand, the frontman of the avant pop outfit Miniature Tigers whose latest recording Fortress from Modern Art Records/ILG is produced by Cho with the exception of the track "Gold Skull" which is produced by Neon Indian...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-07-31
★★★★★
Most tracks on the Miniature Tigers' second album Fortress open softly, only to burst into thunderous chords, fuzzy digital burbles, or blissful jangle. But those tricky arrangements wouldn't matter if there weren't such catchy melodies on top. Fans of kitchen-sink psychedelia will find few greater treats this summer.
- ew.com
2010-07-30
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