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Everyone’s talking about Talking to Walls...
"Fucken givin it," reads a live review from Massachusetts weekly entertainment magazine Southcoast 24/7, one of the many weeklies & blogs that sang the praises of Talking to Walls and their support of 2006’s "Naked." Launching with a full week of media coverage in one of the largest cities in New England, New Haven’s Talking to Walls made the jump from being a solo singer-songwriter going toe-to-toe with bands in punk clubs into dynamic group effort, featuring Brian Kelly, Matt Krupa and Nat Webb:
"Loose, quick-tempo chord progressions recall the sloppy splendor of The Replacements; quieter moments bring to mind a more mature Dashboard Confessional." (Play Magazine)
"Talking to Walls makes Cure influenced pop songs laden with dark charm." (The Register)
"(Naked) charges out of the gates with "Cut Out"…The theatrical earnestness in (Kelly’s) voice is pretty endearing." (The New Haven Advocate)
Playing shows in Boston, Philadelphia, LA, and many cities in between, the band’s relentless live performances have garnered them fans from all over. In an era of mindless friend adding on MySpace, Talking to Walls grew to know much of their audience the old fashioned way—show by show. The album eventually got producers at MTV to come, unsolicited, for music for their developing shows.
Fast forward to 2008. With a stated goal of either making "a timeless, deep-listening record", or just breaking up, the band spent three months with producer Greg Giorgio (who manned the boards for such bands as Interpol, The National, Mates of State and Tokyo Police Club) to stake out some new territory. The result will be "We Were Not So Tall", slated for release first quarter of 2009. The album offers 12 tracks of rock and roll stories, from the driving indie glam of "Running Out," the Smashing Pumpkins-meets-Buffalo Tom of "Walkaway," the prog-inflected slam of "Came to You," to "Tomorrow," which could pass as a b-side from U2’s "The Joshua Tree". The album will also feature contributions from members of Zox, The Alternate Routes, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers and many more. Live orchestras? Check. Three part vocal harmonies? Check. Guitar soundscapes and ebows? Bagpipes, accordions and atmospheric headphone treats? Instantly catchy tunes with tight arrangements? Game, set and match.
Talking to Walls is sponsored by Godin Guitars and Spectraflex Cables.
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