Track Review: Female Doctor by Miniature Tigers

I came across Miniature Tigers towards the end of the 2010 summer. NPR's "All Songs Considered" was on the radio and they were picking their top songs of the summer and "Mansion of Misery" was on their list. The song is in reference to Stanley Kubrick's The Shinning which was an interesting idea. The song was awesome from the start and as soon as I got home I looked up the band and got their album Fortress. The album was great and I got some of my friends into the band as well.

Almost a year and half later, I am reviewing their new single off their upcoming LP Mia Pharaoh. Their single, "Female Doctor", sounds quite a bit different than their songs off of Fortress. This song has more synthesizers and has the modern "80's style" sound. Now some songs off Fortress had synthesizers but not as up front as "Female Doctor". I like that this band is experimenting with different sounds and instruments rather than just the usual guitar, bass, and drum set up, but that is what I liked about Miniature Tigers. They had a traditional sounding indie pop makeup, but it was still fresh and different. This song is more "dubstep", which is fine, but I liked what Miniature Tigers was doing before. That being said, this is only one song from their new album and this isn't a bad song. I just hope to hear more of what was on Fortress when their new album releases March 6th.


Miniature Tigers - Female Doctor