Talkies

Recorded at Ballintubbert House, Ireland, The Talkies deals with the phenomenon of sound, as artistic communication becomes sensory rather than cognitive. Lyrically, the language is de- contextualized, allowing it to rock seamlessly between the absurd and the every day.

The sound of the record mirrors the distorted realism of Daras lyrics.

To take lifes monotony and bring it into the realm of the absurd simply by exposing it; to look at the everyday, then to look at it again/and again/ and again/ until it becomes swol- len and distorted to the point of surrealism... Like the house itself, like the recordings, the songs are living and breathing, undergoing continual metamorphosis. This one is a return to their all-consuming form, and its gnarly, acetic underbelly makes most other indie rock feel like childs play. - Stereogum The alien construction of Ballintubbert and its corridors help to navigate Girl Bands cataclysmic sound within a world of its own. - Northern Transmissions