Limelight

Meet the atmospheric London trio who refuse to be pigeonholed.

IT’S HARD TO believe Talie Rose Eigeland had barely played guitar or sung before launching Teiger around two years ago, given the depth and conviction of their self-titled debut album.

“It’s happened very fast in the grand scheme of things,” she admits.

Very fast indeed. The London-based trio have quickly developed a strong reputation as ones to watch, with their dark, ethereal undertones standing out in an industry often jam-packed with cookie-cutter acts. Completed by drummer Jon Steele and bassist Phillip Eldridge-Smith, Teiger have copped comparisons to everyone from Jefferson Airplane to Tool –while Eigeland herself has highlighted Opeth, Radiohead and PJ Harvey as influences. Be ready to chuck those comparisons out the window, though; the trio are already carving their own path, indieflecked but adventurous and otherworldly, which is underpinned by organic songwriting where whatever comes out, comes out.