Inga Liljestrom & Michael Lira – We Have Tigers

From my first moments with this album, looking at the cover art and then with the opening bars, I instantly had flashbacks to 2014’s smash hit television show True Detective. We Have Tigers could very easily have been used as the soundtrack to that wonderfully dark and mesmerising show.

With understated but impactful use of instrumentation to set this brooding but also beautifully intriguing atmosphere, the vocals here truly stand out as the focal point.

A unique use of non-traditional musical elements such as rain and storm sounds – alongside guitars, double bass, clarinet, flute, banjo and percussion elements – makes this album captivating throughout, and one that beckons multiple play throughs. (JA)

Star Rating: ****