Eagle and Talon - Thracian (2009)

Genre : Indie,Rock,Alternative,Experimental,Female-Vocal
Myspace
Tracklist

1. Hot Caught
2. All Of My Guardians
3. The All Best
4. Georgia
5. Ice Life
6. It's A Fortress
7. Moisturizer
8. One Lark
9. Tight Score
10. Coast That's Closest
11. We Were Figs

I wish we were Pitchfork. I mean, I wish we were Pitchfork back last year or whatever when it could give something an ‘8.6’ and then that band would be immediately elevated to indie rock and roll stardom, I think the last people to do that were The Dodos or Fleet Foxes, which is maybe why I stopped trusting them so much (lol). But I wish we could be Pitchfork because then I could review this - this record by this band Eagle and Talon who I can barely find anything about even on the internet and rocket them to immediate indie rock and roll stardom because it really is that good.

But anyway what I heard when I was listening blind was this: I heard a band, I figured about four people, probs all girls for some reason- it wasn’t just the girl singer, it was the general Sleater-Kinneyery vibe that got me casting the most presumptions around about their gender. Guitar, bass, keyboard, drums? Probs. Coming out of some space in America. What I heard was also really really good. …only misstep being when they do that “brief silence then bonus track” thing on ‘We Were Figs’ (great title mind) at the end, which is never, *ever* acceptable. EVER.

“Eagle and Talon are an indie/art girl band made of wool. Their instrumentation includes guitar, drums, bass + casio. They currently live in LA.” There are two of them and they are called Kim and Alice. This is everything I know about Eagle and Talon. “Made of wool” is an amazing description of two people in a band though. NOW BUY THIS RECORD AND MAKE THEM HUGE. 86%