IT'S LIKE MAGIC IN REVERSE - Quotes


"It's a half hour of searing guitars and brain-latching melodies that's
a little bit punk, a little bit pop, but definitely not pop-punk.  It's
Like Magic In Reverse might be strong contender for my album of the year,
and I don't care that it is only March."
- Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, by Brad Barnes, March 26, 2004

"breathlessly propulsive pop/punk approach . . . The Talk rock with
purpose while retaining the distinctive buzz of fun that should always
accompany pop and punk."
- Amplifier Magazine, by Brian Baker, May-June 2004

 "Taking cues from The Thermals' high-energy, lo-fi assault, the
mad-hornet guitars of The Buzzcocks and The Posies' and Nirvana's ear for melody,
It's Like Magic in Reverse snaps with the rare combination of all-or-nothing
conviction, an ear for the unconventional and a reliance on rugged
individualism that even Herbert Hoover could appreciate."
- Aversion.com, by Matt Schild

". . . enough of the right ingredients in place to quite possibly make
you believe in the power of pop again . . . these talkers may sound like
some kinda new mix of the Buzzcocks and the Vibrators, but they've got a lot
more sonic tricks up their sleeves.  Just imagine if there had been tubular
bells on "Orgasm Addict" and you might get the picture."
- Detroit's Metro Times, by Jeffrey Morgan

"the kind of punkish energy that keeps them on the indie charts but
retains a melodic sense that keeps you humming along."
- On Tap, by Jeff Jones, March 2004

"extraordinarily talented, brilliant, and.Un-F#$%'N-believable"
- Kaleidoscope, University of Alabama, Birmingham, by Vincent Cusimano,
April 27, 2004

"If I had to use a single word to describe the Talk, it would 'urgent.'
The North Carolina band plays its angst-ridden power pop as if the members
had five double-espressos each before the session. Singer Justin Williams
has a lot to say and an apparently short time in which to say it; amazingly,
he and the band never lose their articulation in the rush to get the point
across."
- High Bias, by Michale Toland, April 11, 2004

"Great songs, cool performance?  Man, it's good to hear that loud, fast
and hummable music can again rule with confidence.  Songs are intelligent
and propelled in a way that is agreeably loud, fast and snotty . . . Pop in
form, punkish in delivery, this disc draws from a variety of influences,
flaunts none, and comes dangerously close to creating a sound it can
call its own."
- Relish Now, by Ed Bumgardner, April 29, 2004

"Bouncy backbeats and chunky power chords, The Talk recall the British
punk bands of the early 1980s -- The Jam, The Buzzcocks and The Vibrators"
- Herald-Sun, by Chris Parker, May 27, 2004

"One of those records that's impossible not to like.  Playing pop songs at dangerous
punk rock speeds, this north carolina band have a sheer vibrancy likely to force smiles
on the most shitty of days.  Multiply Desaparecidos by 3 times the speed, add 50% sugary
poppyness, and you may be able to imagine the bouncy noise the talk generate (oh, make
sure you add splattering of frantic synths and a certain retro feel too)."
- Kill The Noise, by Matt B.

"The Talk's follow up recording, "It's Like Magic in Reverse," which, in addition to
featuring one of the year's best album titles, proves that the band's first outing
wasn't a fluke. Picture a sound that is equal parts The Strokes and Cheap Trick,
with a punk edge that punches up both of those acts. The result is rapid-fire songs
such as "Imaginary Lines," "My Isolation Drills" and "Ribbons (They Tear Right In Two)" that
average about two-minutes apiece."
- Charleston's The Post and Courier, by Devin Grant, February 26, 2004