Portland-based Instrumental post-rock duo Talkdemonic are releasing their fourth album, Ruins, October 4th, 2011 on Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s Glacial Pace Recordings. According to the press release, Ruins is “the most cohesive and exploratory Talkdemonic album to date. Building on a near-decades worth of partnership and collaboration, the pair have achieved an incredible set of instrumental tracks that slide dynamically from fluttering grooves to full on landscapes of sound. Armed with a new arsenal of processing pedals, Lisa’s viola parts teem with vibrant textures and surge from serene tenderness to wild cataclysmic intensity. Kevin expertly paces each song out, augmenting spaces with live drum beats and coloring the canvas with an array of deftly employed synth and acoustic guitar flourishes.”
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Holy invites the listener to get swept away in a psychedelic river of guitars and harmonious vocal melodies. The record opens up with the title track, which sets the pace for the remaining tracks. It starts with simple guitar chords underneath Sam Jayne’s quiet vocals, but just over a minute in the band comes on full speed, and Jayne’s thrusting vocals take off. The second track, “Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz,” is a simple yet beautiful song filled with hand drums that give you the feeling like your sitting around a bonfire on a tropical beach. Isaac Brock’s guitars on the aforementioned “Paul Revere” raise the intensity level and ”Konny and Jim” keep the record on a solid pace.