The Pendulum
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Thursday, January \9, 2006 • Page 19
The Talk blends many genres into one unique flavor
Sinners of Daughters combines a wide assortment of stylistic ingredients into one delicious musical taste
Alyse Knorr / Photographer
Unexpected musical blendings make The Talk a treat for a wide variety of listeners.
Conor Britain
Reviewer
Listening to The Talk is like ordering an
ice-cream and finding you’ve been served
with sprinkles added on top. You were given
something extra that you didn’t expect, but
you like it nonetheless.
In Sinners of Daughters, The Talk takes
you through a rock album that throws traces
of 60s punk at you after luring you in with a
straight indy-rock sound that, even if you
didn’t ask for it, makes the experience all the
better.
Following their first fiill album. It’s Like
Magic In Reverse, released last year. The
Talk takes the listener on an eclectic rock
journey, often throwing spices of different
rock styles into the pot that is Sinners of
Daughters. They pull sounds from all eras of
rock in the last few decades, resulting in var
ied and interesting tracks throughout the
album.
However, The Talk doesn’t try to confuse
the listener with too many sounds. They fea
ture a lot of movement on guitars and drive
the bass to create a strong, yet light, feel
throughout the CD.
Jeremy Holcomb, drummer, has a lot of
control over the many different beats in the
album and often plays a large part in distin
guishing the different tracks.
The Talk’s vocalist, Justin Williams,
sounds like a John Lennon gone punk rock.
His whimsical, British-sounding voice is
largely responsible for what makes The Talk
such a unique experience.
Sinners of Daughters opens up with
“Queen (She’s Leaving Robe),” a track laced
with muddy distortion, a driving beat and
quirky, flowing vocals, setting the stage for
the rest of the album.
“I Don’t Wanna Choose” follows in an
upbeat style, which is quite reminiscent of
Coheed and Cambria’s “Blood Red Summer.”
The third track, “N.Y.L.A,” was featured on
the Dec. 1 episode of Fox’s “The O.C.” It is
a fun, exciting song with sharp guitars and a
powerful bass.
The album then makes a shift with “The
Search,” where The Talk starts incorporating
more of the punk-rock genre and the drums
truly begin to shine.
After a few more punk tracks, the album
makes another surprising, but excellent shift
in “With Guns in Our Hearts.” The track is
like ska on Nyquil, with relatively slow horn
sections and lazy vocals laid over what can
only be described as a punk beat in slow
motion.
The album’s last three tracks go back to a
more alternative rock feel. “Man Narrates” is
played in an 80s sounding style and relies, on
vocals more than the other tracks on the
album, showcasing the smooth, albeit, slight
ly haunting side of Williams’ vocals.
Sinners of Daughters closes out with
“Any Other Day,” which lacks the fiin, eccen
tric riffs featured throughout the album in
exchange for a longer, moodier and overall
catchier track.
The Talk has followed up It’s Like Magic
in Reverse with a sophomore album that’s
flat-out fun to listen to. The Charlotte, N.C.
based band has put together a solid half hour
of rock and roll. However, it’s the added
punk rock flavors that make the album some
thing special.
Contact Conor Britain at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
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