Noisey Premieres Talk Normal "Cover" MP3
Fall Tour Dates Announced
Sophomore Album Sunshine Out October 23 On Joyful Noise
Talk Normal will release their sophomore LP Sunshine on October 23 via Joyful Noise Recordings. Currently available for pre-order, Sunshine
will be released on a plethora of formats including pink/red split
color vinyl (limited to 500 hand-numbered copies), black vinyl, red
tint cassette, CD, and digital. Noisey is running a premiere of "Cover" from Sunshine and the track is available to post and share. Additionally, the band just announced a fall tour with Future Islands in support of the release. All shows are listed below.
After
years of friendship, Sarah Register and Andrya Ambro's Talk Normal
first emerged on the NYC music scene in 2007, initially releasing
demos, cassettes and their Secret Cog vinyl EP. Following the 2009 release of their debut album Sugarland on Rare Book Room Records (recorded and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes), Talk Normal released a handful of 7"s (including a split 7" with Thurston Moore on Nathan Howdeshell from The Gossip's Fast Weapons Records) and shared the stage with the likes of Sonic Youth, Wire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Zola Jesus.
In the three years since Sugarland, Talk Normal have refined their noisy vigor into the diverse batch of songs found on Sunshine.
Tracks like "Bad Date", "Cover", and "Hurricane" carry almost a
meditative emotional energy, where others like "Sunshine" and "Shot
This Time" err on the side of explosive driving rock. Plus dance-y
"XO", narrative noisers "Lone General" and "Baby, Your Heart's Too
Big", and standout vocal harmonies on "Hot Water Burns". Produced by
the band, Sunshine was recorded in 2011 by Christina Files
at Vacation Island Studios in Brooklyn NY and Echo Canyon West in
Hoboken NJ (Files also contributed to production). Allen Farmello mixed
at The Snow Farm in Brooklyn NY.
Unlike traditional noisy-rock, Talk Normal's Sunshine
is steeped in melody, albeit unconventional melody. Sweet-sounding
female vocals are present throughout, sometimes as sung lyrics and
sometimes as instruments themselves. Ambro & Register's combined
voices often volley back and forth, each providing equal contributions
to vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation - meticulously orchestrating not
only the arrangements, but also the tonality of each collected sound.
As Pitchfork describes: "(their) vocals can handle both desperate screech and matter-of-fact detachment somewhere between Karen O and Kim Gordon."
Combined with Register's flowing, nearly-drony riffs and Ambro's finely
choreographed beats, the end result is a natural sonic cohesion. Maybe
not the sunshine you're used to, but rays within which you'll want to
bask.
Upcoming Shows:
09.29 - Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent w/Guardian Alien & Pop 1280
10.05 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall w/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
10.19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory (Flowerbooking CMJ Showcase)
10.26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Secret Project Robot Album Release Show with Amen Dunes & The Flag
11.02 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre *
11.02 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre *
11.03 - Savannah, GA @ The Wormhole *
11.04 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit's *
11.05 - Orlando, FL @ The Social *
11.06 - Miami, FL @ Bardot *
11.07 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar *
11.08 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box *
11.09 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon *
11.10 - Houston, TX @ Rudyards *
11.11 - Austin, TX @ The Parish *
11.13 - Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar *
11.14 - Norman, OK @ The Opolis *
11.15 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe *
11.16 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway *
11.17 - Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording *
11.18 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
11.19 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
11.20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg *
* with Future Islands
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