You know how unnerving it can be to hear recordings of your own voice? I don’t have a personalized voicemail greeting on my cell phone, because even though I’ll probably never have to listen to it myself, I know my voice won’t sound right. I’d rather have a robotic greeting than 30 seconds or so of me talking too fast and pausing unnecessarily as I try to come up with something more clever than “Hey, this is Caroline, leave a message.”
Talk Normal don’t give a fuck about anything like that. Sarah Register and Andrya Ambro play unhinged, visceral noise rock, and I’d bet they’re a little frightening live, in the best possible way. They claim The Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, Laurie Anderson, and Creatures as influences, and they’ve played shows with the likes of Sonic Youth, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Lydia Lunch. The Brooklyn duo has just signed to Joyful Noise and will release Sunshine, the follow-up to 2009’s Sugarland (TMT Review), on October 23. Check out this video teaser here and a track from the new album, “Bad Date,” here.
(If this was a recording, this would be the point where I really lose steam and start mumbling nonsense and conclude with something like “so… yeah”). So… Yeah.
Sunshine tracklist:
01. Lone General
02. XO
03. Bad Date
04. Sunshine
05. Hot Water Burns
06. Shot This Time
07. Cover
08. Baby Your Hearts Too Big
09. Hurricane
• Talk Normal: http://talknormaltalknormal.com
• Joyful Noise: http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com
