Swanky Tiger

While attending boarding school in New England, Oliver Myles Mashburn (vocals/guitar), Will Rockefeller (guitar), and Michael Glendening (bass/guitar/keys) informally formed the French pop group The Young DeVotchkas with singer Hugo Jardin. Re-branding themselves after Hugo's departure, the band's true sound and vision were realized in the adoption of a snarling new moniker - Swanky Tiger.

Influenced by acts such as Iggy Pop, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Strokes, Guns N' Roses, and The Rolling Stones, they recorded their debut album, EMPIRES, at their own Dead Bee Studios in upstate New York. The album was then mixed and mastered by Joe Colmenero (Lana Del Rey, Wu-Tang Clan, Philip Glass) and Tony Gillis (Iggy Pop, Prince, Jay -Z), respectively, at The Cutting Room Studios in NYC. Upon its release in the winter of 2015, EMPIRES garnered accolades from PopMatters, Pancakes & Whiskey, and InYourSpeakersMedia, among others.

Through performances at some of NYC’s most iconic venues, including The Studio at Webster Hall, Mercury Lounge, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bowery Electric, Saint Vitus, The Bitter End, The Knitting Factory, and showcases at the CMJ Music Marathon (2015) and Northside Festival (2016), Swanky Tiger have been establishing themselves as an explosive and thoroughly enjoyable live presence on the New York rock and roll scene. Catch Swanky Tiger on tour in the U.S. this summer in support of MECHANICAL NIGHTMARES, their forthcoming EP featuring drummer Clemens Grassman, harmony singer Kathleen Fogarty, producer J. Chris Griffin (Madonna, Justin Bieber), and acclaimed mastering engineer Kevin Blackler (Rubblebucket, Red Hot Chili Peppers), released June 23rd, 2017 through The Orchard.