That's the great thing about independent music. There is no imperative to follow trends and produce radio friendly pop songs or bombastic ballads about true love. Sometimes you can just go all theatrical and that is what Mouse Kills Tiger have done.
The laconic vocals of Jens Kuross pervade these tunes of swirling despair. Not that is a depressing Morrissey fest (because it isn't) it's more of a Freddie Mercury over the top approach (but without that campness). Even the melancholy laced "Chasing Foxes" escapes form the darkness with a positively swaggering majesty and the circus comes to town in "I See Mephistopheles" with a simple keyboard riff getting decorated (and nearly splattered) by Justin Deming's rock god guitar work. These are big powerful songs that just beg to be played loud and, refreshingly, you don't have to worry about sloppy musicianship either as everyone shows the polish necessary to make things work. Mouse Kills Tiger are a band with class.
This mini album is available as a free download.