The New Tigers get ready for their “Flight To Earth”
The New Tigers next album is in the works – evidenced by late last year’s well received twofer “Off The Wall” b/w “Butterfly”. Now the band return with another taste – the richly textured delight that is “Flight To Earth”
”Some years ago in a clothing store fitting room I heard a great song from the store PA. I had no way of identifying the song, so once I got home I tried to come up with something that would have that same vibe. That is the origin of this song. Much later I found out what the original song was, and luckily it doesn’t resemble this one at all” says Valtteri Virtanen
“Flight to Earth” is one of funkiest tunes in the new set of songs with hints of electro, containing lots of wild synthesizers, phased guitars and a steady beat. Just simple lines, intertwining… A new album will follow in the autumn of 2026!
SOME HISTORICAL PRESS
“These guys have got a certain knack for writing beautiful pop songs. I listened and listened and wondered how to describe….but then it hit me, it’s like something The Carpenters could have done.” – Super World Indie Tunes
“The band are brandishing the best sort of casual pop, relaxed in style, yet filled with delicious melodies that captivate listeners.”- Austin Town Hall
“As time and repeated listens will reveal, all of this has allowed the band to produce a style and sound all of their own, thrillingly celebratory in its scuffed up imperfections, yet respectfully measured, futuristically attuned and humbly assured.” Indie 30
“The New Tigers is a living example of how great pop music in a domestic subculture is made” KSML
“The New Tigers stand out from the other indie field of the country and their self-confidence is delicate, honest – and timeless classics are always present” Päivän Biisit
“Do Xao eventually turned out to be a fine and multifaceted album” Desibeli
“Genre? Forget it, it’s pop, it’s dream-pop, shoegaze-dream-guitar-pop… Call it what you want, I’m just saying that the work of The New Tigers is a collection of sunrises and winter afternoons and a love crusade for the refinement of pop.” Today/tonight/1979
“This is music saturated with joy and fun, which makes it just about irresistible.” When You Motor Away
“Turku’s The New Tigers win with a late-Eighties indie-influenced twinkly guitar pop. Equal parts My Bloody Valentine, Galaxie 500, The Pastels and Sarah Records, The New Tigers rewind the calendar with gusto and charm.” Kieron Tyler, The Arts Desk
BIO
The New Tigers is a fuzzy pop group from Finland. The band was founded in 2006 in order to play noisy yet melodic freewheeling pop music. Some people have described the band’s sound similar to Yo La Tengo, Jonathan Richman and Teenage Fanclub, yet in the same sentence underlined the band’s quirky originality.
The New Tigers have released three albums with a fourth on the way, and have played live in the UK, Spain, Belgium and Scandinavia, among others. The band has gained a reputation as a fun, adventurous and slightly chaotic live act.
The New Tigers consist of Appu Jasu (vocals/keyboard/guitar), Valtteri Virtanen (vocals/guitar), Janne Kauppinen (bass) and Niko Kivikangas (drums)
The band is located in the west coast seaside town of Turku.
