Who? Talons’
Where are they from? Madrid, Spain by way of Central Ohio
What do they sound like? Ah, the mysterious Talons’…it is hard to believe I have never covered the prolific songwriter before now. Talons is mainly Mike Tolan (The Six Parts Seven, Trouble Books) with a little help at times from various musician friends. The monotony of everyday life is made beautiful and profound in the Talons’ world. Complete with background noise and tape hiss, ripe with intimacy and awkwardness, Talons’ work is pure honesty. A definite for fans of Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football, etc). You can download most of the Talons’ discography here. I would start with Rustic Bullshit and Songs For Babes. Go buy something of his at Bark And Hiss, an amazing label which is putting out some really beautiful stuff.
Fuck Everything from Rustic Bullshit
Maddy from Songs For Babes
actually, north east ohio (akron). kind of a big difference.
to ohioans, anyways.
i always thought he was from akron but he has central ohio on his myspace…so IDK.
maybe he plans on moving when he comes back from spain/nyc/etc…