Self described as “suicide pop”, their debut album “Oh Unhappy Bella” is the narrative of a boy and his sombre, twisted journey through love with a girl who never existed -- none of the dark bits removed. “Suicide pop isn’t a glorification of sadness or anything like that,” says Johnny Glass. “These things happen, we’ve all been through something horrible and this was our way of putting that into song through the vehicle of someone else’s story.” 

That story was Sidney’s (Kauffman): “I spent a whole summer doing menial work painting fences and out of that mind numbing abyss has come this whole project, the story, everything.” All the work has been done in the shadow of their redbrick dwelling in a little outbuilding they’ve recreated as an amateur studio. “It’s all we ever wanted, just a little room to play about in and make some tunes,” says Tommy Cowley. “Only this time we had a story and a concept”. 

Utilising the DIY ideals laid down by the punk generation before them, RA! have made a point of making this project an entirely self-made operation. Everything from producing, to mastering, to graphics has all been the work of a select coterie of friends and co-conspirators. And now they’re ready to share this less-than-gleeful project with the world, in the hope that - ironically - it might just put some smiles on people’s faces.

Huddersfield Recording Studio & Rehearsal Studio

Since first jamming in 2010, Being A Tiger have cemented a line up consisting of a solid three piece that plays a dynamically shifting take on post-harcore/alt-rock. It took many years for them to find their own sound but they have crafted it slowly and on their own terms. With energy coursing through their alt-rock/punk like wall of sound, they surge through sets with a ferocity that invokes reactions from crowds and demands attention. However, simply being loud appears to be dull to the Being A Tiger collective and so they push and pull their sets by interleaving moments of raw sparseness which allows for the crowds to collect themselves before raising them again.

Being A Tiger so far have released two E.P.'s and a single. Staying true to the DIY bands that clearly influence them, the two E.P.'s are self produced and distributed. Their first E.P. "Not Being A Tiger is Sh*t" (2013) demonstrated early on that they can thrash out a set of songs that sound natural and driven whereas their second E.P. "Done In Three Days" (2015) displayed how raw their sound can be by tracking live and straight to tape. Being A Tiger then hit new heights by releasing their most targeted and powerful music to date with "X Predates Y" released on Shoveitupyourcult Records in 2016.

2017 became a testing time for the band as a lineup change slowed the momentum built from gigging and releasing 'X Predates Y' however this hasn't stopped them. In late 2017 the band returned with new music and news of a new single and split 7" to be released in early 2018.

This activity shows how Being A Tiger are never halted in their story.

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