If you've ever awoken in cold sweats from nightmares of floundering in incomprehensible academia (few) or had a slapdash piece of shoddy homework returned doused in corrections (most), you'll already have preconceptions of the dreaded red pen. Its scarlet hue spotted at a distance incites anxiousness that then turns to self-doubt as the carmine-splattered, paper-based debacle approaches, which in turn reverts to irateness, incandescence, and finally indifference as time passes and corridor bells eventually trill deafeningly. Thus here to enhance the reputation of the red pen are My Tiger My Timing, whose forthcoming single Written in Red (out November 14th via their very own Snakes & Ladders label) transports you and your ears from classrooms (or bygone recollections of) to a tropical daydream filled with breathy, subtle boy/girl vocal harmonies and pristine guitar shimmy. New Wave at its most nuanced, Written in Red sounds something like the amalgamation of how you always envisaged and hoped Nouvelle Vague may sound before the crushing disappointment of playing any one of their universally identical LPs and Ace Of Bass' All That She Wants. And yep, it's well and truly ace. My Tiger My Timing - Written In Red by mytigermytiming
