London-based quartet Talk Show have shared a new track entitled “Closer,” the first single from their debut album that’s due for release in 2024 via Missing Piece Records. Produced by Gorillaz’s Remi Kabaka Jr., dirty electronics mingle with an uptempo drum groove on the track before a dance-punk inspired guitar riff skirts around Harrison Swann’s sardonic vocals. Handclaps and a funky bassline round out the diamond-sharp cut.
The video, directed by Ashley Rommelrath, grew from visual cues of a club/warehouse space imagined by the band, influenced by the intro to the movie Blade. “There’s so much tension and anticipation and intimidation in that scene,” said Swann. “We wanted to create the kind of music we’d play if we were performing in that club, to put ourselves into that scene and see how far we could push it.”
Check out that video below, and stream the track here.
