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TALONS
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DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!



Sydney, New South Wales
Australia

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   TALONS: General Info
Member Since4/5/2006
Band Websitericeisnice.net
Band MembersBenjamin James - Percussion/Vox
Christian J Best - Guitar/Vox
Mitchel Pangas - Bass/Vox

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Contact: talons@riceisnice.net

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Label: julia@riceisnice.net

Label: ben@riceisnice.net

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Publishing: roland@shock.com.au

Sounds LikeLP REVIEWS:

Polaroids Of Androids

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Faster Louder

Rave Press

Those Walls, Your Ears

Doubtful Sounds

Mass Hyperbole

Record LabelRice Is Nice
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 25 2009 8:00P
Oxford Tavern w/ Regular John Wollongong, New South Wales
Jun 26 2009 8:00P
Oxford Arts Factory w/ Regular John Sydney, New South Wales
Jun 27 2009 8:00P
The Hamilton Station Hotel w/ Regular John Islington, New South Wales
Jul 2 2009 8:00P
Coolangatta Hotel w/ Regular John Coolangatta, Queensland
Jul 3 2009 8:00P
The Step Inn w/ Regular John Fortitude Valley, Queensland
Jul 4 2009 8:00P
Great Northern Hotel w/ Regular John Byron Bay, New South Wales
Jul 8 2009 8:00P
Beach Road Hotel w/ Regular John Sydney, New South Wales
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
Sodens w/ Regular John Albury, New South Wales
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
The Area Hotel w/ Regular John Griffith, New South Wales
Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Mona Vale Hotel w/ Regular John Mona Vale, New South Wales

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   About TALONS


DEBUT LP NOW AVAILABLE






TALONS



Track Listing:


1 - All The Tricks
2 - Redheads
3 - Mudrockets
4 - Dazzling Metallic Stallions
5 - Frankenpanther
6 - Gravitron
7 - Bayonet
8 - Keys And Codes
9 - Scoffers And Understanders
10 - Walking Straight Past Mona Lisa


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LP Words:

Sydney trio Talons are perfectly of their time and that time is right this minute. Dancing and thrashing themselves upon a high-wire act, this proto-punk band are balanced in a tug of war between melody and bristling, visceral energy.

This debut album of ten swift left/right punches swims the same shark-infested seas as bands like Die! Die! Die!, Les Savy Fav and The Blood Brothers. It only takes a few minutes for the band to reach its first (of many) musical precipices, during the second track ‘Redheads’ – guitars squalling like Sonic Youth in full flight, the vocals of Christian Best ripped red raw and the song merely seconds away from spontaneously combusting. Balance this with the stalking moodiness of ‘Dazzling Metallic Stallions’, which could whiplash into a frenzy as easily as it could shift down into a jazz break, and again it’s the polarising internal combustion of the music itself that firmly holds your gaze.

Digging down into the songs reveals a complexity that is negated at first by the sheer audacity of the delivery. The borderline moments of hardcore (‘Keys & Codes’, ‘Scoffers & Understanders’) always seemed stuffed with countermelodies and backbeat scholastics that thankfully give way to focused that allow you the chance to breathe. Even with the addition of woodwind in ‘Mudrockets’ and strings bolstering ‘Dazzling Metallic Stallions’, it’s the fact that new and exciting things are still being done with our well-worn three-piece rock band mould that make Talons a damn fine way to wash 35 minutes from your life.

TIME OFF

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Live words:

"Talons blew the fucking place apart! There’s a cut-throat brutality to their sound, a brittle teeth-grinding severity that’s distinctively un-Melbourne in a way – an underlying cynicism indicative of Sydney life perhaps? We pride ourselves on the quality of rock music coming out of this town, but my word when Sydney produces diamonds they are jagged, robust little fuckers and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is. Talons blew my fragile little mind and turned a killer night into one of the gigs of the year."

INPRESS-2009

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EP words:

“Their EP is some of the best music you will hear this year and if it didn't leave us with such a thirst for more it would certainly be a clear frontrunner for our favourite release of 2007.”
www.polaroidsofandroids.com

“Thundering out of your speakers with unnatural force, Ducats is a punk rock EP of the highest order – steeped in the sounds of Australia’s rich punk/alt rock past but also veering off in previously unheard directions. Talons are one of Sydney’s tightest live bands right now, but luckily, their songs lose none of their power when transferred to tape.”
www.timeoutsydney.com.au

“It's raw stuff, and gloriously so….[Talons] could well end up fostering quite a deservedly wide fan base, despite their brutally noisy tendencies.”
www.dbmagazine.com.au

“Talons are a great band, nice guys and shit they know how to dismantle your ears. Check them out live if you get a chance.”
www.makeyourself.homestead.com

“Sydney’s Talons sound as though they’re from another generation of Australian punk… Yet it’s not a certain time period I’m hearing, its timelessness.”
www.ravemagazine.com.au



Below is a classy "video teaser" for a compilation titled 9.
Along with ourselves, some of our very good friends are on it also,
and you can get it somewhere for 5 bucks i hear.












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HER FAKTORY





Jul 7 2009 2:29 AM

First gig poster
SWERVE Productions Presents





Jul 7 2009 2:29 AM

Hey Hey Hey

Whats happening ?

Just messaging our myspace friends to say hi and leave your page some love !!

Hit me back with a comment & let me know whats planned for the weekend
Shai





Jul 1 2009 3:01 AM

You guys were good on saturday night! Hope to see use back in newcastle soon.
two cobras magick





Jun 29 2009 4:50 AM

Mojo Juju & the Snake Oil Merchants





Jun 29 2009 4:50 AM

two cobras magick





Jun 26 2009 6:22 AM

ZEAHORSE





Jun 24 2009 9:07 AM

I KNOW! YAY! hows the tour oing for youus? x
TransLUCEnt Photography.





Jun 22 2009 7:39 AM

Heyy! Thanks for accepting :)
How are you?
If you have the chance, I'd love it if you could drop by my page and check out my photography
Cheers
- Lu. x
TEMPLE MOUNT





Jun 21 2009 1:40 PM

nnnoice  stuff..
DING DONG LOUNGE - MELBOURNE





Jun 11 2009 2:29 AM

TIX
www.dingdong.oztix.com.au $10+bf

the shackeltons





Jun 9 2009 2:48 AM

right on, talons! big love from our shores. hope to see you on yours someday...
Bella





Jun 6 2009 3:27 AM

benjamin james: Q&A extraordinaire/blog master (with bonus cape!)
DZ





Jun 5 2009 2:30 AM

See you at 77 tonight!
AXE





Jun 4 2009 5:00 AM

Hey aussie-noise-brethren,touring down under would be fantastic!Make sure you guys come to our shores as well,you are a really awesome sounding band.Cheers to you all!/P
ASSAULT CITY- EP Out Now!!





May 25 2009 6:45 AM

Hey, Hows it going? are you doing anything interesting? Just a note to say that we've got some gig's in june so check 'em out and come along!! Our 3rd Birthday show is on the 27th June so make sure you come along to that one, It'll be HUGE!! Tim Assault City
AXE





May 23 2009 2:16 AM

Hell yeah!Trade the cold and gloomy aussie "winter" for the perpetual light of the Scandinavian summer and bring another great Sydney band, like Ghosts or Nunchukka, with you.You seem to have a couple of interesting,genre-defying bands there.Cheers!
TEMPLE MOUNT





May 23 2009 2:16 AM

thanks lads   rrockin..
AXE





May 22 2009 8:25 AM

Thank guys,really intense,original music.Cheers from Stockholm.
Fans Club Night





May 21 2009 11:50 AM

I'm think of going down to syd 6-8 for a weekend of poor decisions and drinking goon in and around you guys.
RICE IS NICE





May 19 2009 2:16 AM


TALONS MAY 30TH
Fans Club Night





May 18 2009 10:28 AM

I'm not even going to be in the COUNTRY when you play here on 3 July. BULLLLLSHIT! You guys can crash in my bed but, three stooges style, just don't set it on fire or nothin, I don't have "you let drunk dudes stay in your bed while you were overseas" insurance.

also 11th of Aug looks good so let me know what your stadium rock tour dates end up looking like.

-Dude on a boat
KORNERD





May 14 2009 10:55 AM

hey boys,
you coming over our way sat night?
Couldn't do last w/e - vomiting all day...
anyway hope you can make it for edan + brendan's, its at mine sat night x x
ESCAPE FROM LINCOLN





May 11 2009 10:32 AM

hey dudes love ya music, if your every in brisbane we'd love to do a gig with ya's. peace
KORNERD





May 8 2009 1:32 AM

excellent
Psychonanny and The Babyshakers





May 7 2009 4:54 AM

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