Pictured: Land of Talk, Canada’s least enthusiastic wedding band.
This is one E.P that has been played so much this summer, that we almost forgot to write about it. It’s like having a best friend, but who’s such a part of you that you forget to mention them when you are making your best friend list. Do people actually make these? Anyway, before further metaphor breakdown, here’s one of the best E.P.s we’ve heard in a long while.
Land of Talk are a couple of Montreal-ians, Montrealites, Montrealins, whatever, who make smart, compact, rock anthems. LoT is fronted by Elizabeth Powell, who alternates between sounding like a really good version of the woman from The Cardigans (I emphasize, really good version) and an angry, screamy Emily Haines. Any further comparisons are just out of laziness (canadian, women, weird, whatever), but where words fail me, they never fail Land of Talk. The Applause, Cheer, Boo, Hiss E.P. is 7 songs strong, and when I say strong, I mean strong. There is not a weak song on the entire E.P. With driving basslines, weird (definitely canadian) drumming, and Powell impressing both with her vocals and her outstanding, tasteful guitar work, there’s nothing to get pissed about here. Sorry, I’m really trying.
It’s hard to pick a stand out track, but for something that has everything, try out “Sea Foam”. It starts out slow, fever dreamy, and odd. It ends fast, dancy, and erm, odd. Anyway, all of us at peervalidated are really looking forward to their upcoming full length, which is rumored to be coming out on Bjork’s record label. Hopefully this means a full trombone section on the next album.
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[…] I was set to compare Sybris with one of our favorite bands, Land of Talk(see this post), and upon intense research found that the two exchange nods on their Myspace Top Friends lists, aka the great teller of musical truths. The two do share similarities, obviously the female fronted vocals and jangly, light-guitar rock vibe, but Sybris ranges through a wider spectrum of attitudes and emotions on Into the Trees, slowing down and speeding up when we think we’re becoming familiar with the pace. Joyful dance-rock verses are interrupted by melodramatics and broken down bridges, and choruses don’t always scream in excitement for attention, rather each part helps put weight on the previous one. It’s a bit difficult to engage in an album when it’s only currently available as a stream for one week, but I’d recommend setting aside a nice little non-pornographic session with your computer to give this a good listen. […]
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