L'oeil Du Tigre, Desordre Ordonne
Very rarely do a band come along these days who I think are genuinely amazing. Chalk Talk are one such band, and actually are the kind of band that reinstall my faith in life when I get negi.
“The Food Chain” EP is a multi-format release, with the tape and CD versions coming with some extra tracks to the 7” version. Either way, we start with the EP’s self-titled track, which is boisterous, beautiful, affirming and simply fucking amazing.
A clean, reverb-laden guitar sound, crash-heavy dynamic drumming, intricate bass lines and loud, forced and relentlessly passionate shout-singing all mould together into something else completely. It’s a sound people can have fun to, that people can party to, that people can cry to, that people can get over someone to, whatever. It’s just honestly fucking beautiful. “Marco Polo” is a personal favourite track.
With all that ass-kissing over, this EP is very near perfect. Save for the running time and perhaps a very slight slowing-down of momentum towards the end, I can’t say much else against it. Buy it. Immediately.
Rating: 9.5/10
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