Review by Nick Garbien
“Damn”, this is the first thought that entered my mind upon visiting Might Tiny’s website and listening to many of their unique songs multiple times over. This wouldn’t be a normal review, it couldn’t be....this review would require some serious investigating into this posse of musical creatures, known as Might Tiny. If you think this is your typical indie band-think again; in actuality indie is an extremely poor choice of words when describing this Boston outfit of musical bandits. The band seems like they would be the ideal fit for a bar somewhere in HalloweenTown, singing alongside Jack Skeleton on some cold cobblestone road. Much like Tim Burton’s movie Nightmare Before Christmas, Mighty Tiny is scary in a way that makes you smile, they seems strange yet familiar in the oddest way, and just when you think you’ve figured them out, they pull out a new musical idiosyncrasy to further confuse you in the most delightful way possible. I think this is probably the only band I’ve ever come across where just about every style of Western music imaginable is fit into their musical pallet. Over the course of five songs, influences such as rock/ folk/ jazz/ragtime/honky-tonk/ traditional Irish/ classical/ jug-band/ psychedelic/ country/R&B/bluegrass among others seem to bled together magically. Not only does the band have uniquely gifted talent for writing extremely catchy and bizarrely gorgeous songs, but they have the musical chops to back it up. Primus esque guitar solos & lush female Motown like vocal harmonies float amongst Tom Waitt’s tinged lyrics and intricately well placed violin.
"Down in The Wall” is a great blues/gypsy jazz track that evokes very much of the same spirit of Allison Cross/Robert Plant’s 2007 album “Raising Sand” in that it embraces subtle ambiance and mood. Mighty Tiny takes idea of a simple minor blues progression working an alternating pattern from Am7 to D7, and from this added so much musical oddity it’s hard to catch it all on one listen. From hypnotic backwards guitar tangents to violin squeals that resemble more of a disgruntled mythical creature than an instrument, the band is experimental in every sense of the word, and not afraid to do whatever is needed to make the song jump into your head and paint an emotion onto your mind. An interesting take on psychedelic music to say the least, it gives the genre a whole new life within the Mighty Tiny context. The track feels very open and the use of reverb helps make it feel very grand in stature. Not only does the band have an extensively creative musical side, but the band also flaunts one of the most interesting blogs I have ever come across. From “Reasons to Fake Your Own Death”, to miniature fictional stories to lines such as “Benjamin Franklin was invented by, or rather born of, the numbers themselves, specifically a two and a seventeen” the bands website is full of humor, fantasy and strange delightful things. You can purchase their album entitled “Eat People” on iTunes or on their website at http://www.mightytinymusic.com
"Down in The Wall” is a great blues/gypsy jazz track that evokes very much of the same spirit of Allison Cross/Robert Plant’s 2007 album “Raising Sand” in that it embraces subtle ambiance and mood. Mighty Tiny takes idea of a simple minor blues progression working an alternating pattern from Am7 to D7, and from this added so much musical oddity it’s hard to catch it all on one listen. From hypnotic backwards guitar tangents to violin squeals that resemble more of a disgruntled mythical creature than an instrument, the band is experimental in every sense of the word, and not afraid to do whatever is needed to make the song jump into your head and paint an emotion onto your mind. An interesting take on psychedelic music to say the least, it gives the genre a whole new life within the Mighty Tiny context. The track feels very open and the use of reverb helps make it feel very grand in stature. Not only does the band have an extensively creative musical side, but the band also flaunts one of the most interesting blogs I have ever come across. From “Reasons to Fake Your Own Death”, to miniature fictional stories to lines such as “Benjamin Franklin was invented by, or rather born of, the numbers themselves, specifically a two and a seventeen” the bands website is full of humor, fantasy and strange delightful things. You can purchase their album entitled “Eat People” on iTunes or on their website at http://www.mightytinymusic.com
