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The band Tiger Lou or TGR Lou is a Swedish band made up in most part by one man, Rasmus Kellerman.  Kellerman writes, composes, and plays the majority of the instruments on all the tracks of The Loyal.  But for the sake of band-ness, there are three other guys, Pontus Levahn, Erik Welén, and Mathias Johansson that put forth musical additions to the album through drums, bass, guitar, and some backing vocals. But again, it’s mostly all Kellerman.

The entirety of the album The Loyal is very introspective and soft spoken.  The track National Ave consists of only five lines and a soft background beat which begs the question, “Where do you wanna go?” After listening to this track, you might just want to go write in your journal about how you “wanna go home.”

The track Function is a little more up-tempo and tells the story of a man who really just wants to be important and wanted by the unmentioned lover. The song has a steady beat to bob your head to and lulling vocals that make this song good.

All of the songs on The Loyal are songs to reflect to.  These aren’t the type of songs you’ll hear on any popular radio station but if you’re looking for some super chill rock music with some heavy lyrics, pick up The Loyal.