The Talkies

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AlbumSep 27 / 201912 songs, 45m 46s
Noise Rock Experimental Rock Post-Punk
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8.0 / 10

On their first new album in four years, the Irish punk quartet channel pure, visceral panic through screeching sensory assaults and scrap-metal clang.

9 / 10

The Irish four-piece make vast sonic leaps with their petrifying second full-length record

Written entirely in one key and containing no pronouns, the Irish noise-rock band's comeback album finds them on singular, sensational form

9.1 / 10

The final track’s title is “Ereignis,” which translates to “event” in German, a term that feels appropriate yet inadequate…

Where the unlikely meets the possible.

Four years on from their astonishing debut Girl Band remain the most enlivening guitar band about.

7 / 10

In November 2018, Dublin-based quartet Girl Band moved into Ballintubbert House to record the slowburn noise rock they have become known for...

8.0 / 10

This year has seen the spotlight shift from the glamor of New York and London to the backstreets of Dublin when it comes to new emerging talent.

8 / 10

This is a beautiful album from Girl Band, but not conventionally. Its bespoke aesthetics depict the sense of a particular space, one where panic,

(Rough Trade)

8 / 10

The follow-up to 2015's discordant debut Holding Hands with Jamie, Dublin outfit Girl Band's second LP The Talkies swims deeper into sound and fury.

7.0 / 10

'The Talkies' by Girl Band, album review. The Irish quartet's new full-length is now available via Rough Trade Records and streaming services

<strong>(Rough Trade)</strong><br>This second album has taken four years, but the songs, finessing the band’s noise-rock through a filter of techno and glam, are sensational

70 %

Nothing predictable about Dublin group’s second release following a difficult period

8 / 10