Big gloves to fill, but Israeli post-rockers Tiny Fingers are a good fit

Israeli four-piece Tiny Fingers merit a much more animated response. Brewed in the basements of Tel Aviv, their fourth album The Fall burns with a sweltering intensity. Tracks like “Traveller Soul” and “Nine of Swords” glare at you, snorting flames whilst building from back-alley dread and menace into rampant, swirling, atmospheric jams.

All instrumental and filled with belching bass lines and swelling discord, the opening, title track is the killer. Throbbing away to a muffled, squelchy pulse rate, it sounds like you’re locked in a deep sea submarine being chased by zombie octopus and schizoid mermen.

“Eyes of Gold” stands out too, looming with mechanical, gothic industry and doomed dubstep breaks. It could easily be an off-cut from The Bug’s London Zoo if performed by a gang of proggy 70s acid casualties.

Bands such as The Mars Volta (with whom they have previously toured) and Godspeed You! Black Emperor seem like the most obvious influences, but Tiny Fingers have made an album of tense, shape-shifting dynamics and black, sonic ambience that stands up to most of their post-rock peers. They deserve at least one crowd surfer at their next gig as a reward.