below hollow stars: Lion Tamer (1995

#3: Lion Tamer

Back to back bands that I know very little about! Lion Tamer was 100% from Richmond Virginia and 100% kicked ass. Their run seems to have been from about 1995-1997. In that time, just two 7" were put out in an official capacity. It's pretty cut and dry Superchunk-esque indie-rock/alt-rock. West 64 is definitely the better 7" of the two. Shoes from that single is insanely good. From what I know, one of the members also played in Coral which is neat. If you dig the Chapel Hill scene from North Carolina this'll be right up your alley. They seemed to have played a lot in that area. I tried to get in contact with members but again, couldn't find any accounts that looked alive. I'll update if I get more info on these guys!

5/13/24 EDIT:

Point and laugh! It came to my attention that there was some unreleased / semi-released material from these guys floating about. Luckily I got a few messages before this became a full blown career-ending scandal (thanks to Shasa, go check out his blog here). Matt from the band gave his blessing to these being shared on the blog so I've added an outtake from the Half Suckered 7" as well as the semi-released Luxuries full length tape. I guess the tape was given out to friends but it was never sold and has no cover art. It's a bit of a departure in sound from the first two 7" but very good in its own right! More of an emo-indie vein comparative to the two 7".

*click on album names for download links, music is in .wav, images are in .jpg*

Half Suckered / Unconsolation 7" (1995)

A1. Half Suckered

B1. Unconsolation

Unreleased Outtake:

1. Get The Dozer