Member Since: 11/04/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/gotalons
Band Members: Present:
Oliver Steels
Thom Parker
Reuben Brunt
Sam Little
Alex MacDougall
Sam Jarvis
Past:
Rob Powell
The Steve
Rupert Tighe
Dan White
and... Ivor Manley once played guitar for us
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Influences: Bands We Like :
Aereogramme, Parts and Labor, Huey Lewis and the News, Explosions In The Sky, Beatles, Pelican, Jesu, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Isis, Biffy Clyro, Yndi Halda, Slipknot, Mogwai, Gossamer Albatross, Youthmovies, Rolo Tomassi, Hella, Battles, Sufjan Stevens, Botch, Deftones, Godspeed, Oxes, Bayonets.
Sounds Like:
"Brilliant...but who or what is Buff Orpington?!" Huw Stephens, Radio 1
"Marrying thundering post-rock to the angular shapes of math-rock, midlands instrumentalists Talons make you wonder why no one thought of doing this sort of thing sooner." Q Magazine
"Talons are a very interesting proposition. They have a sound so forceful you could imagine the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse using it to psyche themselves up for a night's work. It's powerful stuff." The Fly
"That’s pretty mindblowing, and it’s rare I get my mind blown." BBC Radio Wales
"Instrumental music fans MUST hear this band. End of." Audioscribbler
"An exceptional example of how post rock can be orchestrated and fun and be accomplished without phasing the listener. Incredible!" Manchester Music
"A ferocious battle of epic and intuitive playing that from my view point at the front must have been rehearsed to the bones to get it so tight. I am fully sold and converted." The Joy Collective
"Be sure to keep an eye out for this band. Talons deserve to soar to great heights, let alone the cult status they are clearly of capable of gaining." There Goes The Fear
"This band will surely go on to bigger things." Retro
"My face has melted!" ondryland
"A mesh of sound that engulfs and then placates in one motion before, in a very civilised way taking you by the shoulders and shaking violently." I Will Be Heard
''hundred reasons doing mogwai!'' according to Caesura
''...tonight was the turn of Talons to open up events, with what can only be described as a truly epic performance.... the sheer presence of Talons' six band members created an impressive wall of sound, with the debut of two newcomers, Sam and Reuben (of Gossamer Albatross fame) adding an extra swirling strings section to the already foreboding opener "The Sound Of Kites''.'' PaperScissorsRock! Magazine
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned