The album will be released on December 11th.
Double Tiger (the recording nom de plume for U.S. reggae stalwart Jay Spaker) continues to bring the heat as he unleashes more singles leading up to the release of his sophomore album The Journey, due out December 11 on Easy Star Records. After debuting "Drop Sound," featuring Slightly Stoopid, Double Tiger returns with two more singles, highlighting the many styles he embodies. Head over to http://moremusic.at/TheJourney to pre-order or pre-save the record.
"Universal Love," which came out last Friday, features guest vocals from Karim Israel of the Los Angeles-based reggae band Arise Roots, and is about humanity clinging to fear-based thinking; Double Tiger posits that if we had a universal love, seeing everyone as family, that would make a more beautiful world, which is certainly refreshing and uplifting message in these turbulent and uncertain times. Tattoo.com already boasted that "...with 'Universal Love,' Double Tiger generates sultry reggae tinted by tinges of rock, shimmering with plush emotional commitment, and charismatic vocals." "Rub A Dub Party," featuring New Kingston's guitarist/vocalist Stephen Suckarie, switches direction and brings an old-school house party vibe to The Journey. Its accompanying music video, which premiered at Reggaeville.com on Thursday, illustrates the song perfectly, with a lo-fi, thrown together style that exemplifies the instant fun created by throwing a big sound system into a house, adding plenty of liquor and weed smoke, and letting everybody get on down. Paired with "Universal Love," these two songs show two flip sides of Double Tiger's musical personality, something that will be even more apparent when the full album drops. Spaker can put together romantic, hedonistic lovers rock with heavier, political-minded rockers tunes, and make it all work in balance.Listen to "Rub A Dub Party" here:
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