There aren’t really right or wrong ways to discover a great local band, but the way I found out about The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger was as bizarre as their name. I was browsing through some Portland, Oregon venue listings in search of artists to nominate for our Portland upcomin poll, when I stumbled upon this duo – what the heck were they doing playing so far from home? I actually wished for a second they were based in Portland (as I was having trouble finding poll nominees…) but no, their Myspace profile is pretty clear about the band’s location: New York, NY. Now that I think of it, listening to the duo’s celestial alt-folk and their beautiful harmonizations, their sophisticated, dreamy songs and lirycs reminiscent of awesome early Momus, I realized that this was actually a Christmas present from the Gods of music (or, rather, from the One Christian God’s music department…) Well, thank you so much whoever it was, this made my (holi)day!
P.S. After writing this I found out that this is Sean Lennon’s new project, which partially spoiled the surprise…