Name: The Talkies
Brand: Girl Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RT0065LP

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Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

191402006513

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

RT0065CD

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191402006520

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Girl Band

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Rough Trade

Albums of the Year - 2019

Girl Band is an Irish experimental rock group hailing from Dublin. Formed in [year], the band consists of Dara Kiely on vocals, Alan Duggan on guitar, Daniel Fox on bass, and Adam Faulkner on drums. With their unique sound and captivating performances, Girl Band has gained a loyal following in the music industry.
In November 2021, the band made a significant change by renaming themselves as [a11528171]. This decision reflects their growth and evolution as artists.
Known for pushing boundaries and defying genre conventions, Girl Band's music combines elements of rock, punk, noise, and post-punk. Their experimental approach to songwriting and fearless exploration of sonic landscapes have earned them critical acclaim and recognition within the alternative music scene.

Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

The Talkies is Girl Band’s follow-up album to their ground breaking 2015 debut Holding Hands with Jamie. The Talkies is living, breathing, in a continual state of metamorphosis. It encompasses everything there is to love about Girl Band while simultaneously causing an exciting level of discomfort. The moaning and sawing guitars, atonal blankets of sound, abstractive lyrical repetition, chugging snare and ascending / descending snakes and ladders noise-rock guitar deliver something that is so distinctively Girl Band. Prolix. Album opens to unsteady breathing. Slow at first, unwanted and out of time. Breathing shallows and discomfort deepens over the sustained heartbeat of a soon to be familiar A chord. This is Dara’s breath, this is his panic, a momentary, one-off lapse of control recorded and transmuted into a rhythmic, off-beat moment of disquiet to unlock Girl Band’s crucial yet quietly anticipated second album: The Talkies.

The Talkies

Music GB