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.

Every song in between is as loud and abrasive as expected and prone to abrupt changes, like "Going Norway" and "Shoulderblades," which encapsulate the peaks and troughs found throughout The Talkies.

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