Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
Corners

THE REVIEW

The philosophy of essentiality adopted as one's own creed and followed with meticulous passion. Bass, guitar, and drums, nothing more and nothing less. The motto is first take best take, and to hell with the rest.

With "Corners," the third career album released by To Lose La Track, Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! (Diego Masciotti, Giovanna Vedovati, and Nicola Vedovati) from Foligno offer their personal reinterpretation of a certain way of playing indie typically inspired by the American stars and stripes. It's clear that there's more than just a simple sympathy for the records of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., and Pavement from the band itself, as evidenced by their posted listens on social media, including "Evol" and "Slanted & Enchanted."
The cover, with those vast open American provincial landscapes, communicates more than any sequence of words.

"Weird Times" immediately shows its physicality with a determined start, surely pleasing those who will see them perform at various American festivals, including the famous SXSW in Austin, where their presence over the years has become almost a constant.

"Shameless pt.I" (there's also a second instrumental part at the end of the set) and "Silver" are other strong hits, with the latter, despite not having a real recurring theme, still manages to be noteworthy thanks to the beautiful progression of riffs and solos towards the end of the piece. The apathy that goes hand in hand with melancholy.

"Further," with its punk up-tempo, finds its place among the memorable moments, without forgetting the more dreamlike narrative of "Sacramento," which, after a mellifluous first part, concludes in a splendidly sonic way, paying homage in the lyrics to Pavement's "Unfair."

We were talking about philosophy, well, the common denominator of "Corners" is the genuinely lo-fi attitude with dry and fat guitar sounds covering every inch of free space, accompanied by lots of sweat and many miles traveled.

In a historical period in which there is a loss of interest in everything rock in favor of other expressive forms and the celebration of cardboard heroes, an album like "Corners" can only be like a breath of fresh air for the lungs on a sunny spring afternoon in the open countryside.