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Somewhere in the old musician’s retirement home, Daryl Hall must be proud of the growing number of bands using his group as a major influence on the emerging throwback pop groups. The latest entry in the retro-80s pop sound is the Brooklyn band Tigercity. Tigercity is a brand, spanking new group that is blending their love for 80s pop, but giving it an modern day electro-pop sound mixed in to it as well.

Tigercity, who formed in 2004, met at various schools in their previous home of Massachusetts. The band released a self-titled RP in late 2005 and tracks of the band have made it on various samplers for Vice Records.

Tigercity is making their way through the U.S. as the group plays new tracks which have surfaced on the band’s MySpace pages as demo for their first proper album, presumably due later this year. On the new tracks, lead singer Bill Gillim lets his inner Prince out as he lets out a piercing falsetto on the cut “Let Her Go.” The track “Solitary Man” sounds straight out of the 80s and creates a vision of some sleek, sophisticated New York City club in the 80s (sans the cocaine and skinny ties of course).

Frankie Goes to Hollywood would be proud of the track “Are You Sensation,” which owes a debt of influence to the 80s one hit wonders.

Usually, this critic wont really come clean about guilty pleasures, because he has a reputation to maintain, but groups like Tigercity care to show him what a guilty pleasure of the future could very well be.

Tigercity will be opening for the Silent Years (another Detroit Buzz artist spotlight ) at the Lager House on Friday, March 23^rd. Tickets are available at the door.