18 Jul 2012 — Tonje Thilesen
On their debut album
ColliderScope, the London quintet
Talk In Colour have a lot of ideas, but undeniably, at times a few too many of them. There's the raw, experimental instrumentation in veins of "No Other" or the intro track "Intra", and on the other side, the vocally dominant, folk-infused tracks like the beautiful "Nightshifts" or the Hundred Waters-esque "Bones".
ColliderScope schizophrenically moves between these two aspects of the album (literally on every second track), debating between the inclusion of Mary Erksine's vocals and the electronically leaning, Battles-like instrumentals. As much as the breaks are interesting, it may also a struggle to find a link between the two of them, despite somehow merging together on the seventh track "Headlights". But this is also my only issue.
Criticism aside though, a lot of the material on the record is surprisingly strong, and undisputably had us hooked from the very first minute throughout its 45 minute sonic and colourful spin, and I'm quite sure that you will too. Stream the whole record exclusively below, available for orders via
Night Cabin Records.
