{"id":3839,"date":"2014-04-24T00:18:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/?p=3839"},"modified":"2016-11-11T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T19:55:34","slug":"the-band-miniature-tigers-releases-new-single-oblivious-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/the-band-miniature-tigers-releases-new-single-oblivious-from-upcoming-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The band Miniature Tigers releases new single &#8220;Oblivious&#8221; from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author | Michelle King<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/144259326&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_artwork=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t always have to be a happy song to make you feel good.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miniaturetigers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miniature Tigers<\/a> prove this point with the recent release of \u201cOblivious,\u201d the new single from their upcoming fourth studio album,\u00a0<i>Cruel Runnings<\/i>. Singer Charlie Brand opens the upbeat synth pop track with \u201cLately I\u2019ve been feeling like a birthday candle; one look in the mirror and I know the party\u2019s over,\u201d and goes on to lament his oblivious ways that leave him lost in his head and still lacking that big house with a swimming pool (did I mention the lead single from the record is titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/miniaturetigers\/swimming-pool-blues\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSwimming Pool Blues\u201d<\/a>?). It\u2019s a nice breezy, summery track that\u2019s pretty easy to get lost in, just like Brand\u2019s daydreaming.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">You can sense this dichotomy also in the way Brand describes the inspiration behind the record. He wanted to create something that was real and relatable &#8211; something that recounts the way a relationship really feels, \u201cNot necessarily something that was good and got bad, but the ups and downs of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Cruel Runnings<\/i>\u00a0was produced by Chris Zane, who has also done work for Passion Pit, who are pretty much champions of creating super happy-sounding, danceable songs with lyrics that are exactly the opposite of anything uplifting. A good fit, no?<\/p>\n<p>Mark this one down for a summertime favorite; it\u2019s out\u00a0June 17\u00a0on YEBO Music.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Miniature Tigers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiniatureTigers\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miniaturetigers\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miniature Tigers - Cruel Runnings Teaser #1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xitxC1qe05E?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">_________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2413\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/recommended-band-this-week-the-blow\/michelle-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=810%2C812\" data-orig-size=\"810,812\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michelle king\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=810%2C812\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2413\" alt=\"michelle king\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=620%2C621 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=90%2C90 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?w=810 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichelle King is a music fiend currently residing in Athens, GA. While her business card will tell you she is executive manager and director of publicity at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noisyghostpr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noisy Ghost PR<\/a>, you can also find her blogging at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheturnsthetables.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">She Turns the Tables<\/a>, racing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitybikes.com\/default.aspx?SectID=1\" target=\"_blank\">Reality Bikes<\/a>, and going on adventures with her awesome dog.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Michelle on <a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/meking11\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> for up to the minute musical suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author | Michelle King It doesn\u2019t always have to be a happy song to make you feel good. Brooklyn band Miniature Tigers prove this point with the recent release of \u201cOblivious,\u201d the new single from their upcoming fourth studio album,\u00a0Cruel Runnings. Singer Charlie Brand opens the upbeat synth pop track with \u201cLately I\u2019ve been feeling\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2065,1],"tags":[275,61,782,39,442,76,81,241,780,57,279,44,781,135,134,38,783,62],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-3839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-uncategorized","tag-band","tag-brooklyn","tag-cruel-runnings","tag-gay","tag-genderqueer","tag-lesbian","tag-lgbtq","tag-michelle-king","tag-miniature-tigers","tag-music-2","tag-noisy-ghost-pr","tag-nyc","tag-oblivious","tag-posture","tag-posture-magazine","tag-queer","tag-single","tag-trans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mtigers.png?fit=1047%2C450","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6QBV8-ZV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3839"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3839\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3839"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}