Violent, by Talk Less Say More

Violent

by Talk Less Say More

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Jarrad Levy A great blend of instruments to create a cool, upbeat alternative sound that I really enjoy listening to! What a cool album! Favorite track: Oh Hi.

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1.	When The Storm Came 03:51	buy track
2.	Oh Hi 03:03	buy track
3.	Violent 03:22	buy track
4.	Cantona 03:23	buy track
5.	Honest 02:52	buy track
6.	1922 02:55	buy track
7.	Becoming An Island 02:40	buy track
8.	It's Just That I Worry About You 03:37	buy track
9.	Yeah, That's Right 04:12	buy track
10.	Let's Be True To One Another 03:12	buy track

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Violent is an urgent, visionary record which finds one-man pop operation Talk Less Say More (London resident Matthew Jennings) laying down a marker for how daring pop can sound in 2014. Ten discombobulatingly anthemic songs are laced with an exuberant lyrical and sonic wit, yet are held together by a distant sense of dread.

Despite this uncanny darkness, it’s clear than an enormous amount of fun has been had making Violent. The instrumental pallet is huge, with (amongst much else) vocoder rubbing up against timpani; brass duelling with guzheng; fretless bass, slap bass, double-tracked guitars and triple-tracked sax. Such exuberance remains in the service of the song though - and it’s testament to Jennings’ songwriting ability that he can make the listener laugh out loud one second and despair the next.

Opener ‘When The Storm Came’ hits with all the invention of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk and explores an evental eruption from multiple temporalities: a cubist-pop take on a relationship, revolution or both? ‘Cantona’ weaves together a chance encounter with the footballer-cum-actor-philosopher with a painfully honest account of embodied sadness: a dystopian glam romp befitting of its titular hero. ‘Becoming An Island’ considers time and memory with washes of gorgeous ondes martenot and woodwind. ‘Yeah, That’s Right’ sees soaring guitars propose some kind of cosmic acceptance.

The second in a proposed trilogy (begun by England Without Rain), Violent combines restless experimentation with stunning songcraft. Crammed with sonic thrills and thematic ambiguity, it’s another triumph for Talk Less, Say More and we’re honoured to be releasing it.

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released February 9, 2014

Written, performed and produced by Matthew Jennings.

Featuring: Lee Smith (drums), Mark Forster (drums), Tom Kendrick (bass), Rowan Wilson (bass), Colin O’Connor (saxophone) John Cowie (trumpet), Eric Heath (ondes martenot), Helen Wright (flute), Tim Wright (clarinet), Alexis Papadopolous (conga).

Mixed and mastered by Lee Smith at Greenmount Studios, Leeds.

Graphic Design by Wayne Pashley, littleinkwell.co.uk

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