London band Talk Show (not to be confused with the ’90s Stone Temple Pilots offshoot) will release their debut album, Effigy, on February 16 via Missing Piece Records. They made it with producer Remi Kabaka Jr., who worked on Yard Act’s upcoming album, and it’s titled for an imagined club the album is centered around. “We wanted to create the kind of music we’d play if we were performing in that club, to put ourselves into that scene and see how far we could push it,” says the band’s Harrison Swann.
The new single off Effigy is “Red/White,” which is somehow skronky, danceable and folky all at the same time, with a compelling dark undercurrent running through the whole thing. “‘Red/White’ has definitely been one of the songs that’s evolved the most on the album,” says Swann. “We wanted to really lean into something that was going to be a real mix of guitar driven electronica. We wanted something proper fast. Vocally I felt it was important to have a calmer delivery, compared to the other tracks on the album, as I think it helped to add to the hectic atmosphere in the song. We envisioned it being that feeling when you stand in the smoking area of a club, in the middle of January, and it’s absolutely freezing cold. For me ‘Red/White’ stands out the most on the album, as we really tried to aim for something different than what we’d done before. Mixing DnB drum beats with Peter Hook-esque bass lines felt like a bizarre mix in the studio, but I’m really proud of what the song has become.”
The video for “Red/White” premieres in this post and you can watch that below.
Talk Show have a UK tour lined up for March, and those dates are listed below.
Effigy:
1. Gold
2. Oh! You’re! All! Mine!
3. Red/White
4. Closer
5. Oil at the Bottom of a Drum
6. Got Sold
7. Panic
8. Small Blue World
9. Catalonia
Talk Show – 2024 Tour Dates:
February 28 – Dublin @ Workamns Cellar
March 1 – Glasgow @ Broadcast
March 2 – Edinburgh @ Sneaky Petes
March 5 – Sheffield @ Yellow Arch Studios
March 6 – Manchester @ Yes (Pink Room)
March 7 – Brighton @ The Hope And Ruin
March 8 – London @ Courtyard Theatre
March 9 – Bristol @ Crofters Rights
March 26 – Amsterdam @ Bitterzoet
March 27 – Brussels @ Botanique
March 28 – Lille @ Aeronef
March 30 – Paris @ Le Hasard Ludique
