Gold Coins

A stomping little song about the 2011 Brisbane floods and how close to home it hit us.

Flood Song

G'day Tiger. G'day Tiger. G'day Tiger.... G'DAY TIGER! G'day Tiger...? G'day Tiger. G'day Tiger. 

Shane's Vocal Warmups

A love song set in the Australian Outback.

Electric Dirt Road

A song about migratory shorebirds and their long journeys.

Shorebirds

Damo wrote this beautiful and poignant song.

"No matter how hard we contemplate, sometimes the decisions we make have consequences that we never foresaw, nor ever wanted. My Grandfather, faced with difficult dilemma, made a choice which sentenced my Grandmother to years of loneliness. Oh, she still had her family, her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and we did bring joy to her life. But in the end, she was exhausted from 30 years of longing for that one person she no longer had..."

30 Years

A travelling song, about watching a man being transformed by the power of returning to his country.

Lines

A little ditty for anyone who has a special little miss or mista in their life.

Little Mista

A sexy groove; part wine, part delicious cake and part special company.

Le Gateau

A groovy moody sultry dance also known as the Song for Alex (a lovely friend of ours). 

Blue Dress

Tigers and Emperors is a Brisbane-based alt-folk-blues-country band formed by a group of like-minded musicians and friends from quite varied backgrounds.

Our music blends beautiful harmonies and layered instrumentation with poignant lyrics, creating a sound which is quite unique, and ends up full of sunshine and happiness, drama and joy.

The band draws its name from the different butterflies found in the Australian landscape such as Blue Tigers and Imperial Lacewings. Most of the songs have been written at different outdoor jamming locations around the Brisbane River. There is a strong Australian influence in the song themes and imagery.

About the musicians: Damien Murtagh and Fflur Collier come from their own folk pop band 'Sans Grenadine' who have played at Woodford and around Brisbane. Richie Coster plays in rock band Harvton. Mark Cocquio plays drums in blues/rock band Fuzzy Polaroid. Shane Dillon plays sweet sweet bass. We also have a water bottle bass drum called Boris.

We have been playing, gigging and recording together for several years.

Tigers and Emperors

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