Wisconsin post-rock instrumental act Cougar have announced the release of their new studio album. Patriot, the band's second full length, will hit streets August 24th.If the rest of the album is anywhere near as good as the smashmouth single "Stay Famous", this will definitely be one to watch.In the meantime, check out the band's EPK for the album:Cougar's website
On the first listen, Madison based (Wisconsin, US) instrumental five-piece band, Cougar, sounds peculiar - not fitting into any specific classification (and proud of it!), yet tending to be loosely associated with post-rock more than any other genre. But after returning to their debut album, Law, for the second time, I realize that it's exactly what I want to hear. Describing their music as "em...
Wisconsin post-rock instrumental act Cougar have announced the release of their new studio album. Patriot, the band's second full length, will hit streets August 24th.If the rest of the album is anywhere near as good as the smashmouth single "Stay Famous", this will definitely be one to watch.In the meantime, check out the band's EPK for the album:Cougar's website
On the first listen, Madison based (Wisconsin, US) instrumental five-piece band, Cougar, sounds peculiar - not fitting into any specific classification (and proud of it!), yet tending to be loosely associated with post-rock more than any other genre. But after returning to their debut album, Law, for the second time, I realize that it's exactly what I want to hear. Describing their music as "em...
This tip from Ropeadope Portland Captain Mike Heibronner: " Cougar is good stuff, particularly if you, like me, would have liked the last Radiohead album better without the banshee-like vocals. I've long been confounded by the term "post-rock," but I'm now convinced it's nothing more than the once-maligned-but-now-resurging-with-a-vengeance prog-rock without the grandiose vocals and with modern...