The Republic Tigers are a fantastic indie/dream pop (one review I read called them “Majestic Pop” a term I think fits the band perfectly) group from Kansas City, Missouri. I first found this band while reading through Paste Magazine and listening to the sampler CD that comes with each issue. The Paste sampler CD has introduced me to many wonderful bands like Midlake and Colour Revolt, who have now become favorites of mine. I now add another favorite band from Paste to that list, The Republic Tigers. What caught my attention even more listening to their song was seeing the bands hometown being Kansas City, MO where I grew up before making the trek to California. I was very excited just seeing a band from KC, now it came to finding out if they were any good.
As I began to listen to their song “Buildings and Mountains” (video below) I was immediately hooked. The song begins with some ambient noise and then quickly moves into a catchy acoustic guitar hook, after that the band joins in with a simple but very dreamy harmony, I’m a sucker for dreamy harmonies. I didn’t think the song could get any better, but then the chorus becomes one of the catchiest I’ve heard in ages. After hearing this song I immediately went to listen to the entire CD to see how well it compares to this song and I was not disappointed, each song on their full length was just as good.
So far The Republic Tigers have released a self titled EP and a full length entitled Keep Color, which just released a couple months ago. Here is their video for Buildings and Mountains.
And here is the link to their myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/therepublictigers
5 responses so far ↓
1 Brandi // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Hooray! Your review convinced me to go and download the album at Amazon. I’ve heard them a bunch on woxy.com (my favorite station in the world) and had several songs marked in an Excel sheet I keep at work for stuff that catches my ear, but this pushed me over the edge
I’m such a sucker for words like “dreamy”, “harmony”, and all that other good stuff. Maybe I should check out Colour Revolt now…since we have similar tastes (I too love Midlake). Are you an Eisley fan by any chance? 
2 oliverx12 // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hey thanks for the comment! I love midlake too, Jeremiah did a good job with this review. I’m sure he’ll get back to you on whether or not he likes Eisley!
I checked out your website! I totally think you should design our website *wink wink*
You should check out our forums brandi which can be found at http://thefourohfive.proboards81.com/
Oliver
3 Jeremiah // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I’m glad you enjoyed the review, Colour Revolt also incorporates a lot of harmonies into their music, one of the reasons I enjoy them as well. I do like Eisley, saw them in concert once and it was really a fantastic show.
4 Brandi // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Wow, you guys sure know how to reach out to your visitors, like, immediately! You have a really cool site going on here…I have a love for random discovery and this has now been added to my tiny collection of blogs about “life” in general.
You’ve created a hardcore little return visitor.
@Oliver (can I call you “Oli”, because that makes me really hot..seriously I love that shorthand), thanks for visiting my site…a lot of love went into that over the winter. It’s so simple sometimes that I wonder if anyone “gets” it (even I start second-guessing). It sounds like you totally did! Your kind words mean a lot. I would love to design your website, but unfortunately it’s already adorable as is! Those little hand-drawn bits at the top? Perfection.
@Jeremiah, it’s good to know someone else has heard of Eisley and enjoys them. They’re the dreamiest, most gorgeous band I’ve ever heard. If a fairytale were to ever take band-form, I think this is how it would happen. My boyfriend actually introduced them to me about 4 years ago, and now I’m a bigger fan than he is. Any chance you like The Bird and the Bee? of Montreal? Also really good…I have several of these obscure bands hiding up my sleeve that I try and share with people of good taste…and you guys obviously are!
I have a muxtape with all this stuff thrown on it, actually: http://pixelbrandi.muxtape.com/
Anyhow, just downloaded 4 albums (the Ting Tings, Tom Vek, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and of course the Republic Tigers), so I better start getting my money’s worth! Happy Friday, and thanks again for creating such a cool site full of random stuff.
5 Jeremiah // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I love both Of Montreal and The Bird and the Bee, both make some of the best pop music I have ever heard. Thank you very much for all of your kind words as well, they are greatly appreciated. You too have a wonderful Friday, and a wonderful weekend ahead.
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