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New Topographics

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Format: CD

Cat No: BSM152CD

Release Date:  11 August 2014

Label:  Big Scary Monsters

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060366780942

Genres:  Indie  

Release Date:  11 August 2014

Label:  Big Scary Monsters

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060366780812

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    Big Scary Monsters are thrilled to announce the release of Talons latest album, New Topographics. The album takes its name from the photography exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape", that took place in January 1975; created almost as a reaction to more idealised landscape photography, the exhibition featured images reflecting the uniform and banal, casting a sharp critical eye on modern suburbia. The music Talons have created for their latest offering is very much inspired by these notions and serves to act as a soundtrack to the imposing conformity of life in 21st century cities. Reflecting a change in mood and tempo from previous material, the band have incorporated a stronger neo-classical influence, as well as employing a much more rhythmic and expansive sound, heightening their emphasis on the dynamic range of the music, with a particular focus on the use of repetition and atmospherics. The album was recorded in July of last year with long time collaborator Tom Woodhead (iForward Russia!) at Greenmount Studies, Leeds; a facility situated within an old church, which in turn provided the optimum atmosphere for the commanding orchestral sound of their latest work.

    Description

    Big Scary Monsters are thrilled to announce the release of Talons latest album, New Topographics. The album takes its name from the photography exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape", that took place in January 1975; created almost as a reaction to more idealised landscape photography, the exhibition featured images reflecting the uniform and banal, casting a sharp critical eye on modern suburbia. The music Talons have created for their latest offering is very much inspired by these notions and serves to act as a soundtrack to the imposing conformity of life in 21st century cities. Reflecting a change in mood and tempo from previous material, the band have incorporated a stronger neo-classical influence, as well as employing a much more rhythmic and expansive sound, heightening their emphasis on the dynamic range of the music, with a particular focus on the use of repetition and atmospherics. The album was recorded in July of last year with long time collaborator Tom Woodhead (iForward Russia!) at Greenmount Studies, Leeds; a facility situated within an old church, which in turn provided the optimum atmosphere for the commanding orchestral sound of their latest work.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Monuments
      • 2. Reverie
      • 3. Lunar Gloss
      • 4. The Wild Places
      • 5. Rituals
      • 6. The Dreams Have No Dream
      • 7. Stay Cold
      • 8. Petrovice

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Monuments
      • 2. Reverie
      • 3. Lunar Gloss
      • 4. The Wild Places
      • 5. Rituals
      • 6. The Dreams Have No Dream
      • 7. Stay Cold
      • 8. Petrovice