Talk Show have shared their new single “Red/White,” the single is off their forthcoming debut album Effigy, available February 16 via Missing Piece Records.

Produced by Remi Kabaka Jr. (Gorillaz, Yard Act), the record offers up a bold and exhilarating showcase for the band’s dramatic evolution. The album and track both draw inspirations from The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy to Nine Inch Nails and The KLF, the band leans into the raw, primal sound at the intersection of techno, electronic, industrial, and rock music that informed their 2022 EP Touch The Ground(produced by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Al Doyle).

“Red/White” has definitely been one of the songs that’s evolved the most on the album,” explains frontman Harrison Swann. “We wanted to really lean into something that was going to be a real mix of guitar driven electronica. We wanted something proper fast. Vocally I felt it was important to have a calmer delivery, compared to the other tracks on the album, as I think it helped to add to the hectic atmosphere in the song. We envisioned it being that feeling when you stand in the smoking area of a club, in the middle of January, and it’s absolutely freezing cold.

For me ‘Red/White’ stands out the most on the album, as we really tried to aim for something different than what we’d done before. Mixing DnB drum beats with Peter Hook-esque bass lines felt like a bizarre mix in the studio, but I’m really proud of what the song has become.”

Talk Show first came together in 2017, when Swann met bassist George Sullivan, drummer Chloe MacGregor, and guitarist Tom Holmes at Goldsmiths, University of London. A series of singles and raucous live shows led to the band’s debut EP, These People, which arrived in March of 2020, just as the entire world shut down. The band has toured with the likes of Fontaines D.C., Squid, and Shame.

“The shift in sound wasn’t so much about changing who we were as it was about finding ourselves as a band,” Swann reflects. “It just felt like the most natural thing in the world to us, and we’re never going back.”

Talk Show
Effigy
tracklist

1. Gold
2. Oh! You’re! All! Mine!
3. Red/White
4. Closer
5. Oil at the Bottom of a Drum
6. Got Sold
7. Panic
8. Small Blue World
9. Catalonia

Talk Show 2024 Tour Dates:

February 28 – Dublin @ Workamns Cellar
March 1 – Glasgow @ Broadcast
March 2 – Edinburgh @ Sneaky Petes
March 5 – Sheffield @ Yellow Arch Studios
March 6 – Manchester @ Yes (Pink Room)
March 7 – Brighton @ The Hope And Ruin
March 8 – London @ Courtyard Theatre
March 9 – Bristol @ Crofters Rights
March 26 – Amsterdam @ Bitterzoet
March 27 – Brussels @ Botanique
March 28 – Lille @ Aeronef
March 30 – Paris @ Le Hasard Ludique

Pre-order Effigy by Talk Show HERE