ROSE TIGER

French-Anglo-Hispanic trio travel through the ages on fantastical rock opera debut.

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ROSE TIGER AREN’T easy to pin down. The glam trio’s debut album is a rock opera with prog leanings that could be described as a labour of love for its chief architect Cyprien Jacquet. The End Forever is a trashy, surrealist Gesamtkunstwerk that incorporates manga and videogames into its universe, as well as songs about dinosaurs and robots. “Everybody always asks about the dinosaurs and robots,” says Jacquet, hiding his exasperation well. “It’s always the first thing we’re asked about, but really, they’re only on two or three songs out of a total of 14.” The End Forever project started as an imaginary land in Jacquet’s head called Archaeopolis. While the Annecy-based musician has played drums with numerous bands in France over the years (including Nouvelle Vague and Air Bag…

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