best of December 8, 2008
My Own Gummy Winners
Stereogum released its list of this year’s Gummy Award winners yesterday, as voted for by the website’s readers. Though this is not my ultimate “Best of 2008″ list, here’re my votes.
Posts about Talkdemonic
early indications October 15, 2008
Talkdemonic, Bon Savants played Mercury Lounge
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Download “March Movement” | Many a music enthusiast from this city of endless revelry seems to have overlooked an intimate, endearing evening with Talkdemonic this past Saturday. The room did thicken considerably by the time the band went on (after Boston’s Bon Savants opened), but I’d anticipated a fuller turnout, and it was a show that turned out to be completely worthy of it.
best of September 16, 2008
Talkdemonic's Eyes at Half Mast
Label: Arena Rock
Release: September 16, 2008
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Download “March Movement” | When talking about a beautiful, wordless album like Talkdemonic’s Eyes at Half Mast, I’m sure the temptation to decode the narrative will come as irresistible to many. You could start with the album’s mysterious title, though any dimwit will realize quickly that the story here is not of weariness. If anything, the music exuberantly spins and spins from pretty much a single thematic source of inspiration without ever running thin. That leaves us with at least three other interpretations of the half-open eyes that adorn the title and the album artwork: the rushing of the mind and the awakening of the better part of it right before falling asleep; the blurriness of one’s vision and the unseeing of contours in favor of shapes; and the eyes that have yet to close before death.
