TALONS

Bio:

Talons are an instrumental band, who call the backwater town of Hereford their home. Forging the explosive energy of hardcore, the subtleties of post-rock and the fractured song structures and complexities associated with math-rock, Talons possess a fascinating sense of urgency and drive, with a sound that both soothes and savages in equal measure.

The six-piece are best experienced in a live environment, where the visceral, raw energy of their music can be fully appreciated.

So far Talons have had the pleasure of sharing stages with some great bands such as Japandroids, Three Trapped Tigers, Manchester Orchestra, Male Bonding, The Twilight Sad, iForward Russia!, 65 Days of Static, This Town Needs Guns, Future of the Left, Rolo Tomassi, Grammatics, Johnny Foreigner, Frank Turner, and Pulled Apart By Horses.

Huw Stephens has been a big supporter of the band, playing them throughout the year, from an initial demo through to the released singles (he even wished them good luck in their A-level results on air!). Talons have also featured in a new bands column in Q Magazine, were in Rock Sound’s ‘Ones to Watch for 2010’, and have played shows for Clash Magazine, Rock Sound and Drowned In Sound.

Signed to indie label Big Scary Monsters, Talons released debut single The Pearl in August 2009 to great reception from printed press to influential blogs. What followed was a series of two very limited edition split singles (100 copies each). The first ‘Bethlehem’ (a split with Irish rockers And So I Watch You From Afar), came out in December 2009 and sold out on pre-order. The next single, ‘Anthropods’ was a split with Chicago based noisemakers Noumenon, which was out in April and sold out in that same month. Both Anthropods and 'Trevelyan' a free download single have been produced by former iForward Russia! Frontman Tom Woodhead. Talons’ debut album is set to follow in Autumn 2010.

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HOLLOW REALM
Debut Album.

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TREVELYAN
Single. Free Download

ANTHROPODS
Single. SOLD OUT

BETHLEHEM
Single. SOLD OUT

THE PEARL
Single. Buy 7" / Digital

Plus various compilations...

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"BRILLIANT...BUT WHO OR WHAT IS BUFF ORPINGTON?!" HUW STEPHENS, RADIO 1

"THREE GUITARS, TWO VIOLINS, A DRUM KIT AND NO VOCALS. SOUNDS SHIT ON PAPER, IS CRAZY-AMAZING IN THREE DIMENSIONS" NME

"MARRYING THUNDERING POST ROCK TO THE ANGULAR SHAPES OF MATH-ROCK, MIDLANDS INSTRUMENTALISTS TALONS MAKE YOU WONDER WHY NO ONE THOUGHT OF DOING THIS SORT OF THING SOONER." Q MAGAZINE

"ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING INSTRUMENTAL BANDS IN THE UK" CLASH

"EXPLOSIVE! TALONS ARE RAPIDLY FILLING THE VOID THAT AEREOGRAMME LEFT BEHIND" DROWNED IN SOUND

"TALONS ARE RISING STARS" ROCK SOUND

A SOUND SO FORCEFUL YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE USING IT TO PSYCHE THEMSELVES UP FOR A NIGHT'S WORK." THE FLY

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Member Since:

April 11, 2007

Members:

Oliver Steels
Reuben Brunt
Sam Little
Chris Hicks
Alex MacDougall
Sam Jarvis

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Influences:

Bands We Like :
Dirty Three, Aereogramme, Parts and Labor, Huey Lewis and the News, Explosions In The Sky, Beatles, Pelican, Jesu, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Isis, Biffy Clyro, Yndi Halda, Slipknot, Mogwai, Gossamer Albatross, Youthmovies, Rolo Tomassi, Hella, Battles, Sufjan Stevens, Botch, Deftones, Godspeed, Oxes, Bayonets, Heavy Vegetable, Assfactor 4, Karp, Holy Fuck.

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Band:
talonsareaband@gmail.com

Management/Booking:
Joe Schiavon
..joe@idlehandsclub.com

Radio:
Olli Dutton
olli@obscenestrategies.co.uk

UK Press:
Claire Lim
claire@abadgeoffriendship.com

EU Booking:
Manus Leupert
info@manusbooking.com

Label:
Kevin Douch
bsmrocks@gmail.com

Record Label:

Big Scary Monsters / Topshelf Records / Pad & Pen Records