Monday Mixtape: Ben and Brianna of Tigers Jaw

Third Eye Blind, Lana, Fall Out Boy, Bieber, Oasis and more

Monday Mixtape is another path towards music discovery, featuring people whose taste I admire answering a series of questions and prompts with songs (which might change from time to time).

I don’t know what wave of emo we’re on now (seven?) but wherever we are, Tigers Jaw is near the top of that heap. They make the kind of emotionally-gripping, sweeping, beautiful music that oscillates between nostalgia and newness so fluidly that it kind of blurs them together. I’ve heard the new album (brag) and it’s fab and guess what you WILL cry. I personally was hot eyed watching the band perform at Something In The Way fest a few weeks ago (what, I’m not going to be moved by an entire crowd swaying and scream-singing the song back to the band? I’m only human my guy).

Tigers Jaw will release their new album, Lost on You, on March 27, 2026, via Hopeless Records. All four singles that have come out so far are so good but as for me, I can’t stop listening to “Ghost.” Goddamn gorgeous etc etc.

I asked front people (persons?) Ben Walsh and Brianna Collins for their Monday Mixtapes.

Ben Walsh
Capricorn
Philadelphia, PA

Brianna Collins
Cancer
Kingston, PA

How do you find/discover music?

BEN: Looking at who cool bands are bringing to open up their tours, recommendations from friends, and sometimes the dreaded algorithm.

BRIANNA: Mostly recommendations from my husband and friends

What was the first song you put on when you woke up this morning?

BEN: Allen Wachs - “Adventures of the Invisible Dog”

BRIANNA: New Order - “Blue Monday”

What song have you listened to more than once this past week?

BEN: Militarie Gun/Manchester Orchestra - “My Friends Are Having a Hard Time”

BRIANNA: Tigers Jaw - “BREEZER” (ed note: same tbh)

What is a recent song you think everyone should know about?

BEN: Momma - “Rodeo”

BRIANNA: Lana Del Rey - “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter”

A song off your work-out playlist:

BEN: Third Eye Blind - “Graduate” (ed note: IKTR)

BRIANNA: Justin Bieber - “Sorry”

What song can you do at karaoke without looking at the tv screens?

BEN: Tears for Fears - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”

BRIANNA: The Cardigans - “Lovefool”

What song do you listen to before you go on stage?

BEN: Fontaines DC - “Starburster”

BRIANNA: ABBA - “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”

Song you associate with being 13 years old:

BEN: Osker - “Motionless”

BRIANNA: Fall Out Boy - “Chicago is So Two Years Ago”

What song do you listen to when you want a lobotomy?

BEN: David Bazan - “Hard to Be”

BRIANNA: The Verve - “Bittersweet Symphony”

What song do you use to indulge your wallowing?

BEN: Land of Talk - “It’s Okay”

BRIANNA: Tegan and Sara - “You Wouldn’t Like Me”

What song do you use to renew your spirit?

BEN: Oasis - “Acquiesce”

BRIANNA: Oasis - “Roll With It” (ed note: love this harmony)

What is your favorite cover song?

BEN: Karl Blau - “Fallin’ Rain”

BRIANNA: Slow Pulp - “Hanging By a Moment” (ed note: bangs!!)

What song would you like to hear just before you die?

BEN: Tom Petty - “Wildflowers”

BRIANNA: Dustin O’Halloran - “Opus 17”

All the songs on Tigers Jaw’s Monday Mixtape can be found here