Upbeat guitar riffs soon pass over to that ever-crucial, patient drumbeat and the cacophony that comes from Seven Purple Tigers’ work on Smoke Communiqué.
Quality rock that does more to illuminate their ability to conjure the spirit of Julian Casablancas more than anything else, Smoke Communiqué is a good entry-point for the group.
While their message may be a bit of a swing and a miss through unformed vocal clarity, Smoke Communiqué has that feel to it.
That feeling is a peculiar one, but it is felt on the tracks that give off that certain energy, the hunger to hear more of that genre or artist.
Seven Purple Tigers manage that feeling perfectly well, and there is every chance they’ll capture it once more on their upcoming EP. Only time will tell.
Smoke Communiqué will be played time and time again until then, a quality track from an interesting set that hopes to endure through this indie rock genre and provide something fresh, something new.
To do that, they will have to knuckle down on their influences, engage with the lyrical opportunities before them and push on through. This is quality, now audiences must wait for the quantity.
Seven Purple Tigers’ work ethic here shows tight production from Austin Horn and Philip Dyszy and it is clear that at the core of their music is sleek design.
That is a saving grace for the group, who will no doubt have more engaging, enjoyable pieces of upbeat material at their disposal.
Whatever comes next, then, must be that intensity that was found on Clarity.
For now, they hold an appeal that pieces parts of Julian Casablancas’ ideals with the imagery and isolated uniqueness of Ratatat, a rare blur that needs that push of magic. Seven Purple Tigers have it.
