| My Tiger My Timing | |
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| Origin | New Cross, London, UK |
| Genres | Indie Rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Snakes & Ladders Records, Modular, Kitsuné, Pure Groove, Silver Music Machine, Electric Minds |
| Members | |
| Anna Vincent James Vincent Jamie Harrison Gary Drain Sebastian Underhill |
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My Tiger My Timing are a five-piece Indie Rock band from New Cross in south-east London formed in 2008.
The band are brother and sister Anna Vincent and James Vincent, Jamie Harrison, Gary Drain and Sebastian Underhill. Their music was described by NME.com as “tribal electro like a south London Gang Gang Dance”[1] and by Clash as “alternative pop with a dark heart that’s bursting with desire”.[2]
The band take their name from the title of a song by New York experimental disco musician Arthur Russell.
Their debut single "This Is Not The Fire" was produced by Andy Spence of the British electropop-New Rave band New Young Pony Club and released in April 2009 through DIY label Silver Music Machine. Their second single, "I Am The Sound", was also produced by Spence and released as part of I Am The Sound EP through London's Pure Groove label.
The band's music has also featured on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8, on Modular's Leave Them All Behind III, on the Pure Groove 3 sampler and French label Sisterphunk's Sisters EP. They contributed a cover of an Arthur Russell song, "Arm Around You" to A Tribute to Arthur Russell, a compilation released on the Electric Minds label.
In November 2010, the band were chosen as winners of the Beck's European Newcomer award.
In April 2011, the band made the finals of Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition and were awarded a slot on the John Peel Stage at the festival.
In August 2011 the band released their third single, Endless Summer through their own Snakes & Ladders label. The single was playlisted by BBC 6 Music and Xfm and was described by Drowned In Sound as “shimmery post-punk...the guitar lines dangle like silver filigree chains" [3].
They are currently recording their debut album, due for release Spring 2012.
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“Shimmery post-punk, it is a beautifully composed three and a half minutes in which all the guitar lines dangle like silver filigree chains" [3]
“Deliciously upbeat and groove-laden post-punk" [4]
“Tribal electro like a south London Gang Gang Dance”[1]
"Alternative pop with a dark heart that’s bursting with desire”[2]
"Their debut single, This Is Not The Fire...sounds distilled, concentrated – it’s electro with its bones showing"[5]
"My Tiger My Timing slowly mess with expectations, tinkering with the trappings of 21st century post-punk and altering bits of their sound here and there with such a deft hand that it's barely noticeable. But it makes all the difference"[6]
“…their musical modesty hides a cleverness and sexiness which is all the more irresistible for its refusal to announce itself” [7]
"...you can't deny that this is a magic pop song" - Xposure Hot One [8]
The band's their third single Endless Summer was playlisted on BBC 6 Music from June to August 2011, and on Xfm's Evening Playlist in July 2011. In April 2009 the band were broadcast as part of Xfm's Xposure Live sessions with John Kennedy. In May 2010, the band played the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend event in Bangor, North Wales.