Even though Twin Tigers sometimes refers to itself as a shoegaze band, the four members will not be caught staring at their sneaker selection.

Matthew Rain, lead guitarist, singer and ex-Psychic Hearts member – who always wears beetle boots – said the shoe choices of his fellow group members were not particular.

“We are not what other shoegaze bands are,” he said. “Our music has a beautiful, angry quality. We are going for something unique, and we want our songs to have an indirect meaning for our listeners.”

Shoegaze is a genre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late ’80s.

The name, which was coined in a review of the band Moose by the British music magazine “Sounds,” refers to the motionless performing style of members of this genre, who stare at their feet while on stage, as written by Colin Larkin in his book “The Guinness Who’s Who of Indie and New Wave Music.”

Shoegaze music often is characterized by extensive guitar effects and indistinguishable vocal melodies that blend with the noise of guitars, but the vocals are understandable, and everyone sings, Rain said.

The band formed in October 2007 and first performed as a group in December.

Psychedelic, acousmatic and tape music are all used to describe the sound of Twin Tiger’s music on its Myspace profile.

On Thursday, the band will play for “Live in the Lobby” between 8 and 8:30 p.m. in the WUOG 90.5 FM station lobby.

Ethan Brown, local music director for WUOG, said people are welcome to watch the performance for free on the fifth floor of Memorial Hall or listen to the podcast on the WUOG Web site.

“Twin Tigers is made up of people who have played in other bands before,” Brown said. “And I’m really excited to hear them play. They offer ambient rock. It’s mood music and should be good.”

In keeping with the shoegaze style, the two remaining members of the band, Richard Young and Enoch Bledsoe, both used to be in a country band called Nuclear Spring and in another band called Slobber Dawn.

Above all, everyone in the band agrees on its big sound.

“I like to play with delay and other pedal effects,” Rain said.

Aimee Morris, who plays bass and percussion, called the band “loud, but not aggressive.”

She also demonstrated her unique sense of humor when explaining her description, “bear mace to the face,” of Twin Tiger’s sound on Myspace.com.

“No one is going to bother you if you have bear mace,” she said as she laughed and put down her adopted cat, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. “Music is a weapon.”

Young said music was the ultimate weapon and the only way certain faces would get known, while Bledsoe (whose last name Young said should be Biblical) pointed out the band’s ultimate message.

“Our music is dark, but overall concerned with love,” he said.

When developing new songs, one person brings an idea, and the other members contribute organically while jamming, Rain said.

Young said the band, however, was not a jam band.

My Bloody Valentine, often considered to be the defining band of the shoegaze genre, is one of Bledsoe’s main influences, and everyone in the band said they like the Beatles, although no one was sure how this fit in with their sound.

Twin Tiger’s first CD, “Curious Faces, Violet Future EP,” which was produced with Joel Hatstat (ex-Cinemechanica), is expected to be released March 1.

Rain hopes many people will come out for the band’s CD release show at Caledonia Lounge on March 1, which will be its second performance this year at this venue.

“I’ve played many times at (Caledonia Lounge),” Morris said. “It’s one of my favorite places in Athens.”

In April, the band will tour 14 states playing approximately 20 shows.

The meaning of the name Twin Tigers is a mystery. Rain said explaining it would be like trying to make an outsider understand an inside joke.

But if you want in on the story, Morris said they are looking for a tambourine player.