Strange Talk Presents: “Cast Away” LP What started as the bedroom project of singer Stephen Docker and bassist Gerard Sidhu, has now transformed into one of Melbourne, Australia’s most beloved bands. Upon recruiting guitarist Gillan Gregory and drummer Travis Constable, made their first big splash by entering and winning a competition for Triple J Radio in 2010.
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Four years later, they’ve assembed their debut LP Cast Away which features fifteen tracks, some previously released plus some new originals. Cast Away captures the care free attitude of Summer, with a variation of feel good songs and scintillating synths! Watching their live set in Sydney in 2011, it was easy to see the potential of this band bursting at the seams. I was excited once I learned they’d be performing at Austin Party Weekend at SXSW this year as I was eager to see how their live show had progressed since my first Strange Talk experience. I was blown away by their stage presence and charisma, as they certainly have come into their own as a fully realized band.
Their new album has already earned them acclaim as one of the bands to watch in 2014, and now that they’ve made the move to Los Angeles we expect to be hearing much more from Strange Talk. Preview Cast Away below and watch their new music video for Young Hearts after the jump! Strange Talk -Young Hearts.
Still, it's hard to get really negative about the album. It's simply so ridiculously joyous that it'd take a heart of stone not to be charmed by it to any degree. As much as any music nerd loves to engage with music that tickles our intellect and evokes deep feelings within us, sometimes it does a world of good to simply be washed away by something that's blindingly direct and straightforward but oh so wonderfully joy-enducing. When things get really great, like the title track or monstrously infectious 'So So La La', we're talking about pop songs so genuinely good that they already feel like some of the year's best in that regard. Strange Talk may not be scoring any fine art points with their debut, but if their goal was to encapsulate the musical equivalent of a giddy sugar rush of fun within their songs, their mission has been successful.
Whether or not it leaves a lasting impression for ages to come remains to be seen, but for the duration it's on, Cast Away makes you want to embrace the technicolour world Strange Talk have created around themselves.