Showing posts with label *Lets Talk Daggers. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Let's Talk Daggers - 2012 Winter


Band : Let's Talk Daggers
Album : Winter
Release Year : 2012
Genre : Chaotic | Hardcore | Experimental

Tracklist :
1. Bear of Bad News
2. Casino Coates
3. Have a Gabble
4. Humannequin

Let’s Talk Daggers are a three piece experiemental post-hardcore band from Eastbourne, UK featuring Will Gunson, Jim Windless and Steven Berwick. Despite originating from a coastal town that’s more often associated as a retirement destination rather than a musical hub, the band play a style of music that couldn’t be any more of an antithesis to their sleepy backdrop. Loud, fast and frantic, their sound is an unnerving blend of genres and styles that would come across as disjointed and cocophonous if attempted by most bands, incorporating elements of art-punk, hardcore, jazz and metal.

The band’s self-titled, debut EP was recorded with producer Nick Kinnish (Architects, Johnny Truant, Blakfish, Throats) in August 2009 and introduced a talented, young group that aren’t afraid of experimentation and who, refreshingly, don’t feel the need to fit into a particular scene, instead opting for a writing process that simply involves “putting all of our favourite sounds into each and every song.” In January 2010, Let’s Talk Daggers returned to Serafina Studios to record the four tracks that would make up Blankets. Marking a noticeable progression for the band, the EP demonstrates a more focussed and mature sound to their previous effort, without losing any of the originality and fearlessness that makes them such an exciting prospect for the future.

Third EP from one of the most underrated bands in the UK. Let's Talk Daggers have always been impossible to pigeon-hole, and Winter is no different, but amongst a schizophrenic blend of genres is some of Daggers' most accessible and catchy (if you can call it that) material to date. By far the best thing they've done.






Thursday, September 1, 2011

Let's Talk Daggers - 2010 Blankets


Band : Let's Talk Daggers
Album : Blankets
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Hardcore | Experimental

Tracklist :
1. Footnotes
2. No Business Being Alive
3. 3D Rug
4. Raina

Making a record of very technically precise, chaotic heavy record memorable is tough. Too many times bands rely on unnecessarily flashy musicianship or caricaturish levels of "br00tality" to make their mark on the listener. Not so for Eastbourne based trio Let’s Talk Daggers who in the space of four tracks have crammed in more memorable riffs and toe-tapping beats than they have any right to.

Sounding like Blakfish at their heaviest going toe to toe with a stripped back Rolo Tomassi all played with the laser-guided precision of Protest The Hero, the real strength of 'Blankets' though is it’s variety and unpredictability. Blastbeats one minute then the next an almost swing like riff? This record takes it all in its stride without ever sounding gimmicky. It’s a bit metal, a bit indie, a lot hardcore all delivered with a charming punk rock swagger.

'Blankets' drips with promise from the discordant stomp of opener 'Footnotes' to the lingering feedback of 'Raina' and manages to unwaveringly hold the listeners attention throughout its, admittedly brief, ten-minute length. However with consistency being 'Blankets' greatest asset, the real test will come with a full-length and whether they can hold the listener throughout 10+ tracks. However is 'Blankets' is anything to go by it’ll be a test they’ll pass with flying colours. -alterthepress