COMING SOON

The Qualitarians

on Burst & Bloom

Tiger Saw reissue

This winter, we will be reissuing Tiger Saw’s fourth album, Tigers on Fire. It was originally released in April, 2007 on Tract Records.

Tigers on Fire, Tiger Saw’s fourth album, sees the Massachusetts-based musical collective expanding their sound to explore basement soul, back porch stompers, breezy sambas, and bedroom hymns. On this recording, the band utilized a four-person horn section, as well as a wide range of special guest vocalists and players, including members of Deer Tick, Dirty Projectors, and White Hinterland.

On Tigers on Fire, Dylan Metrano’s writing explores of the joy he’s found in soul music, basement dance parties, house shows, and the electricity of attraction. Other songs contemplate mortality, long-distance romances, and the lives of German prostitutes.

The Tigers on Fire players:

Jason Anderson (K Records) voice

Ben Baldwin (Jason Anderson & The Best) alto and baritone saxophones

Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors) upright bass, voice

Chris Barrett (Paula Kelley Orchestra, Christians + Lions) trumpet, flugelhorn, piano

Shawn Creeden (White Hinterland) percussion, singing saw

Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors) accordion, toy piano, voice

Brett Deschenes (Nat Baldwin Band) trumpet

Casey Dienel (White Hinterland) piano, organ, voice

Brian Dunn (Clairvoyants, Skating Club) guitar, voice

Tom Eaton (Sufjan Stevens, Danielson) trumpet

Nate Groth (Hotel Alexis) vibraphone

John McCauley (Deer Tick) drums

Alex McGregor (Ponies in the Surf) classical guitar

Camille McGregor (Ponies in the Surf) voice

Dylan Metrano (Hotel Alexis) guitar, voice

Juliet Nelson (Jason Anderson & The Best) cello, voice

Annie Palmer (Castanets) chord organ, voice

Gregg Porter (Unbunny, Hotel Alexis) drums, percussion, voice

Djim Reynolds (Milkweed, Jason Anderson & The Best) guitar, keyboard, percussion, voice

Sam Buck Rosen (Class Act Records) electric bass, piano, voice

Marika Shimkus (Unbunny) bassoon

Track listing:

1. Tigers on Fire

2. Under the Samba Moon

3. Distance

4. Commerce in the Night

5. Kick and Snare

6. To Drown Tonight

7. Catalina

8. Won’t You Let Me

9. OK

10. Aili

11. The Big Bear Song

Welcome to burst & bloom

Welcome to burst & bloom. We are new. We are New England. We will be releasing small-run compact discs and books in the coming months.

Out now is Dylan Metrano (of Tiger Saw)’s book All My Friends Are Right Here With Me: A Decade in the Indie Rock Underground. 167 pages + a 13-track CD featuring White Hinterland, Picastro, Gregg Porter, Strand of Oaks and more.

And brand new in the store is the long-awaited debut album from Tiny Fires, who are touring the Northeast to suppport it.

We’ll have a new book and a new album from Guy Capecelatro III, and lots more good stuff in the works. Stay tuned!