Cougar

Cougar makes instrumental music. The group's lush, dynamic arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Tortoise, Fugazi, and possibly Nick Drake, but what separates Cougar from the post-rock pack is their keen sensibility of form and texture, which seems more in line with sample-based music and modern classical than indie rock.

Cougar's debut album 'Law' (2006 - Layered Music) is available at quality music outlets. John McEntire (Tortoise/The Sea and Cake) mixed the record. 'Patriot' (2009), their first Ninja Tune-backed outing, is also available everywhere fine music is sold.

Press:
'Law is a nearly flawless example of intelligent musical design.' - XLR8R
'Pure Pleasure.' - Timeout Chicago
'A bittersweet, innocent wash of trickling guitars that counter each other like diffident sea creatures in courtship...harnessing layers in icy, crystalline symmetry.' - Pitchfork
'Already one of the best albums of 2006.' - Sinead Gleeson
'Melodically lush, rhythmically compelling...gloriously precise and urgent.' - The Wire
"Breathtaking...Best of 2006 alert!' - Scissorkick.com
'Outstanding.' - new-noise.net
'Pushing the boundaries of the instrumental music medium...Law hasn't left my stereo for weeks.' - CDreviews.com
'What Bartok and Stravinsky might have done had they lived and composed in the computer age.' - Rocknworld.com
'When Law came to its conclusion, I had a moment of tranquility engulfing me, until I panicked, searching for the repeat setting.' - Outsideleft