Following their raw 2023 self-titled debut, Warm Up, Tiger captures the band at their most feral, focused, and experimental. Across nine tracks, Stunt Drummer bounce between blistering, in-your-face punk and hypnotic, noise-drenched grooves – music born from happy accidents, blown-out practice rooms, and the kind of chaotic chemistry you can’t fake. Recorded live in a small room with minimal overdubs, the record preserves the volatility and sweat of the band’s notoriously unhinged shows.
Made up of Marty Buckenmeyer (guitar/vocals), Erik Becker (guitar/vocals), Ethan Schee (bass), and J Leaver (drums), Stunt Drummer thrive on collaboration and collision. Songs rarely arrive finished – instead they’re mashed together from riffs, mistakes, and half-ideas until something clicks. As the band puts it, the best moments come when things probably shouldn’t work, but somehow do.
The result is a record that constantly swerves. Opener “Pool” detonates with apocalyptic chants and dark humor (“everyone in this place is gonna drown”), while the nearly six-minute “Voodoo” stretches into a droning, meditative groove that defies punk’s usual speed limits. Closer “Dress” sinks into hypnotic noise, while tracks like “Paul, The Pear Farmer” balance absurdist storytelling with unexpected emotional weight.
One of the album’s defining traits is the push-and-pull between Marty and Erik’s vocal styles – abrasive, melodic, deadpan, and confrontational in equal measure – often weaving together in ways that feel both unpolished and perfectly locked in. Lyrically, Warm Up, Tiger blends surreal imagery, gallows humor, and real-life inspiration, finding meaning in the strange, funny, and uncomfortable.
The title Warm Up, Tiger itself reflects the band’s ethos: part joke, part warning, part nonsense. As Marty puts it, “You’re probably not ready for what you’re about to listen to.”
Stunt Drummer aren’t interested in fitting neatly anywhere. Their ideal setting? “A medium-sized, dimly lit bar with cheap drinks and free Narcan, in front of the restroom door.” With Warm Up, Tiger, they deliver a record that’s loud, memorable, disorienting, and deeply alive – best experienced with the volume up and expectations off.
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