Model United Nations - “Tiger Physics EP” (SR)
By John Michael Cassetta • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Sound Reviews |
“Band-to-watch” seems to be the go-to description of Model UN, whose EP Tiger Physics we have on review here today. With a full-length planned this summer, and an increasingly visible presence in the Austin music scene, these “up-n-comin” monikers may well be warranted, but that shouldn’t discount the successes that the quartet has already laid down on the Tiger Physics EP. While other EPs of its type often flounder under the weight of a new band trying to “find their sound,” Tiger Physics, in five short songs, puts on display the well-honed edge of Model UN. In fact, the band’s fevered pop sheen even brings to mind a bit of Austin’s other EP wunderband, Voxtrot.
The EP opens with perfection, and that means tambourines. The shimmer of clinging metal rings as the kick drum ushers in finely polished clean-tone guitars, a soft beckoning into the world of Model UN. Arthur Mills’ vocals are hushed as he sings:
