Cosmic Tiger is an up-and-coming indie pop band from Birmingham, UK consisting of 17-year-olds Eva Clarke, Brandon Cooke, Lydia Morris, and Mason Jolley. They cite bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Killers as influences. Their debut album "Controlled" was produced by Jim Abbiss and signed to Domino Recording Company in 2016. The album features a range of indie and pop sounds across singles like "Fever" and "Dark Nights." While gaining popularity in their local scene, Cosmic Tiger strives to appeal to both young and older audiences with their independent style and musicianship.

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Are you similar to Cosmic Tiger? They’re all 17 years old. Listen to the Artic Monkeys and cannot
wait for The Killers’ new album release later on this year. Eva Clarke, Brandon Cooke, Lydia
Morris and Mason Jolley enjoy nothing more than hanging out with each other while creating
fresh new music. Introducing their new 2017 debut album ‘Controlled’ (produced by Jim Abbiss
of Arctic Monkeys fame), Cosmic Tiger styled themselves as the indie band that have a hint of
pop. To add to the mixture, there live gigs and meet ups have made the UK go crazy since
forming in 2016.
Writing from Birmingham’s central café, sipping and thinking; there’s an exclusive interview on
Cosmic Tiger and their sound. Together they create beguiling indie music accompanied by
unique mixes of noises. Eva, main singer of Cosmic Tiger was saying “We’re all about being
different. We want to produce raw music like no-one else; even it means some don’t like it. We’re
not going to follow.” With the support of family, friends and co-producer Jay Clarke (Eva’s father),
Domino Recording Company gave them their first ever record deal back in early 2016 which hit
the top 40 charts on Radio 1 just 2 weeks later. I started to wonder how they got in to music and
how far back this whole process started and Clarke claimed “Well, it sounds so typical of any
artist to do this but I started recording on Youtube.” “I was then found by the Artic Monkeys’
producer, Domino Recording Company, giving me a shot at this whole music industry business!”
Eva came together with school friends, Lydia and Brandon, to then meet with Brandon’s best
mate and now their drummer, Mason Jolley. the band began to grow in popularity across the
West Midlands, receiving attention from BBC Radio and the British tabloid press.
“Id have to say, that was one of the most important days of my life so far” Clarke chuckled and
stated. “I guess that’s what formed our band Cosmic Tiger. We live in such a small community,
this has to be the best achievement for us.”
The album ‘Controlled’ features a range of different beats from true indie sounds to more pop -ish
beats. Morris explained that a bonus track on the special edition album is soon to be released 1
week after the original Controlled album release. (Find out more at www.lockedmag.com) “Our
album is built up of all our favourite beats, vocals and personalities which cause us to be different
to any indie band in the UK” Brandon stated. I wanted to know if their journey has been difficult
so far, Jolley said “nothings easy if you want to do well, but the greatest feeling is achieving
something brill.” Some singles included in the album ‘Fever’, ‘Dark Nights’, ‘In the Clouds’ and
‘Complicated’ are to do with being young, escapism and having fun.
Eva spoke “I would say that our music collaborative, although we all take the different roles in
song writing.” Mason explained “I’m the beat, Brandon is responsible for the piano, Eva’s vocals
and Lydia’s guitar. Without us all working together there wouldn’t be Cosmic Tiger… only Cosmic
without the Tiger” he laughed.
As we’re all surrounded by the most successful indie pop artists/bands; Maroon 5, The Artic
Monkeys along with old favs’ Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Killers, what makes Cosmic Tiger
so different? Lydia commented “it’s our independence, individuality and age. We want to be the
new upcoming indie pop band that does actually appeal to young people but also an older
audience. I feel we can relate better to our fans.”
As we all got more comfortable in the café, Brandon added “Our style is probably one of the main
things that make us, not to mention the music aspect duuuuuh” Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon) is
Cooke’s biggest influence for music and style.

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Cosmic Tiger performed at some gigs in B’ham in early 2016.‘We took part at the Hare & Hounds
(http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/) and The RainbowVenues
(http://therainbowvenues.co.uk/) where indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club played.’
Mason stated “there’s one coming up in 5 weeks, Saturday April 29th 2017. “This is going to be
our biggest gig at Rainbow.” To find out more check out: www.lockedmag.com/cosmic-tiger/ for
updates and info.
To that end, they all contributed about their inspiration “Mainly it’s got to be Maroon 5 and Kings
of Leon” said Clarke.
Mason added “I still respect Catfish and the Bottlemen as they’re my kind of people. Even though
they’re a rock band, I love their style of music… one quote from a interview with McCann is ‘We
don’t go out partying because we don’t feel like we’ve got anything to party about, we’re still not
where we want to be and we’ll do anything to get there.’ That inspires me as were getting older
and want to be just as successful.”
This simple effective ethos that Cosmic Tiger have tried to portray through their music, is
clearly working at such a young age,these 4 are on to something very big. Keep your
eyes peeled, they’ll be bringing some more ROARING hits soon.