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ARTiST.......: Talons
ALBUM........: Hollow Realm
GENRE........: Instrumental Rock
LABEL........: Big Scary Monsters
YEAR.........: 2010
RiP.DATE.....: 2010-12-03
STORE.DATE...: 2010-00-00
SOURCE.......: CD
GRABBER......: EAC V0.99 prebeta 4
ENCODER......: LAME v3.97
SiZE.........: 60.42 megs
BiTRATE......: 203 kbps avg
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1. St Mary Will Be the Death of Us All 6:02
2. Peter Pan 3:16
3. In the Shadow of Our Stilted Homes 6:30
4. An Expected Future Event 1:49
5. Iris 4:55
6. Impala 4:53
7. Great Railroads 2:45
8. Hollow Depth 10:02
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Theres no getting around it: math-rock, as a sub-genre, sounds
really, really boring. Yes, Battles were a blast live (are they
ever coming back?), and Foals reluctantly categorised as such
though they were brought a smile to some seriously serious
music. But on paper, it reads as a fun-free zone; probably the
work of men with stubble in scruffy t-shirts bearing the names of
bands nobody outside a circle of two-dozen has heard of.
Talons are, on paper, math-rockers. On paper to the extent that
this debut albums accompanying information calls them just that.
But it only takes a few minutes of opener St Mary Will Be the
Death of Us All for expectations of a cold, calculated listen to
be cast aside. Hollow Realm was produced by former Forward,
Russia! frontman Tom Woodhead, and boy has he brought some of his
ex-bands energy to the studio these instrumentals flex some
sizeable muscles, intricacies dancing prettily on several
occasions but never without the threat of being crushed by
tremendous percussion and rollicking riffs. Think less Rodan, more
Russian Circles cleverness as caustic cacophony, to sweat along
with rather than stroke a beard to.
Nutshell summarisation: this is a far louder affair than fans of
the Hereford sextets previous, under-the-radar work will be used
to. And subsequently its a lot more direct, the higher volume
throughout ensuring attentions do not wander during the passages
of relative calm. Take the pause towards the end of Peter Pan as
an example: it precedes a truly ear-bleeding explosion of noise.
Granted, the signposts are all present and correct, instances of
stillness sure-fire indicators of something rather more bombastic
just around the bend; but Talons have their execution nailed,
their songcraft tight. They take a formula attempted by many to an
unusually singular zenith, partially courtesy of complementary
violin work thatd leave Vanessa-Mae requiring stitches.
That theyve previously released a split-single with Belfast
rabble-rousers And So I Watch You From Afar should be indication
enough that this is math rock with the fieriest of hearts, its
makers possessing the ability to carve mosh-along anthems from
classical templates. And if not, just a single listen to this
wholly riveting set will put any dismissive pre-conceptions
straight. Just like the claws that provide the band with their
name, these are compositions of sharp edge which will carve into
the senses like bear traps around wayward ankles.
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