February 28, 2006 | Posted by mark at 2:14 AM

Find Out How Easy It Is

Talkdemonic - beat romanticTalkdemonic - White Gymnasium.

Let us welcome the rains to southern california. Let us wash away the road dirt and crusted earth. Let's do this while talkdemonic beats the shit out the drums, and whips out a sweet line on the harmonium. And don't even get me started on that flute. Jesus.

talkdemonic is Kevin O'Connor and Lisa Molinaro. Lisa plays Viola and synthesizers while Kevin plays just about everything else. The music they make is instrumental, with powerful live drumming and crisp instrumentation. I think this song is a great example of them at their strongest. I saw them open up for Menomena and the National last year, making it a pretty amazing bill. Danny from Menomena filled in on drums for a song or two, and really just lifted the place up.

At any rate, this track is on the latter half of the new talkdemonic record -- beat romantic. It's also one of the longer tracks, as most of the 16 songs hover in the 2 minute range. It's quite wonderful though, and fits in perfectly on this dark rainy day. It's such a sunny song -- it'll probably help you kids over on the east coast who are getting your asses chipped off by the mighty north wind. Good luck with that, by the way.

I love this song, and I hope you guys like it too. I think the drums will win you over. They're just right. Maybe next month I'll post the talkdemonic menomena remix that's even more ridiculous. You'll have to wait for that though. It's early yet. This new talkdemonic record comes out March 21st on arena rock recording co. Highly recommended.

Comments

The drums, ah, the drums!

Posted by: Mattly at February 28, 2006 7:52 AM

Mark, you have a serious obsession with Portland right now, I think. ;) Great tune, this one.

For those who enjoy the drums, Kevin also contributed some drum tracks to the Bridgetown Breaks record (along with Danny from Menomena and two other Portland drummers). http://www.bridgetownbreaks.com

Posted by: --s-tephen at February 28, 2006 11:57 AM

big ups to the talkdemonic! these dudes are total local heroes and also total sweethearts. so excited to see them entering the world outside portland.

Posted by: TRMW at February 28, 2006 1:05 PM

Talkdemonic, along with Copy is one of my very favorite Portland bands. Ah yes, the drums. Word in the PNW is that the high school kids sometimes enjoy Kevin as a substitute teacher . . .

Posted by: Kris at February 28, 2006 1:17 PM

He also does some of the songs on the Modernstate album. But, oh man, am I excited for this album.

Posted by: Michael at March 1, 2006 7:14 PM
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