Never Got In A Fight

Man The Hunter is a relatively new band from Michigan started by young genius Evan Doerring. I first heard them when we played a show together this summer and the band was just Evan solo playing guitar and operating a reverbed-out drum machine with his bare feet. The songs were really striking right from the start, totally familiar and mired in a classic lovelorn powerpop songwriting style. Watching that show I felt that cool wash of thought where your mind compiles a list of thoughts you have about what you're seeing and the final and most important thought is to throw the list away before you remember any of it. Does anyone else have that cool feeling? I usually get it when I realize that there's always a lot of ways to interpret and analyse things you like, but it's probably enough just to like them. I really like Man The Hunter and these songs are something special. I've seen several shows since, and City Center & Swimsuit have both done a few with them. There's a full band now, and Ryan is the drummer!!! Shelley just put out their first 7" (pictured above) on her killer label Ginkgo Records, limited to 300 copies. It's a family affair! You can order the record direct by checking out Shelley's page here. This is not a sound to miss, and I'm stoked for everything to come from this band.

I also found a photo of a Bengal Tiger underwater.