Teiger are a three-piece from London. With a sound meandering through quiet metal, prog and bright acoustic rock, the band create a rich and melancholic atmosphere that’s both fragile and occasionally furious.
With a highly-regarded self-titled debut out last summer, and a brand new video for lead track, ‘Splinter’, we thought it was about time we put our paws on what makes the stripy progsters roar; so we asked singer and guitarist Talie Rose Eigeland to choose three albums that have greatly influenced their music, and share them with us.
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Your most influential albums aren’t always your favourites. I have a love-hate relationship with Radiohead (echoing feelings towards my own songwriting) – but A Moon Shaped Pool, particularly the opening track ‘Burn The Witch’, had a strange kind of impact on some of Teiger’s material. More in atmosphere than in specifics, something about this album resonates with our process. There’s a tangible push-pull between light and dark, and things typically aren’t what they seem. Radiohead don’t strike me as storytellers.
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey’s world is very subtle. Her work has a unique kind of appeal – she manages to confront universal, overdone topics while avoiding clichés and resorting to obvious solutions. There’s something very brave about her delivery, yet it remains understated. There’s also a live feel in the production that I love – all of Teiger’s tracks are imagined in context rather than in headphones.
Opeth – Still Life
Defying categorisation (something the music industry seems to be obsessed with), Opeth is metal in spirit but neither beholden nor limited to a “heavy” sound. Beautiful acoustic production; delicate guitar lines emanating from the choruses; Mikael’s timbre in both clean and harsh vocals; sprawling yet not overindulgent song structures… The list is long. The genius of this album is difficult to put into words.
