INDIEVOTION SCORE: 8.5/10
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
ALBUM OF THE WEEK [#15]: Tallies - Tallies (2019)
I’ve only recently bumped into Toronto’s four piece tallies and could not feel more enthusiastic about their fantastically refreshing self-titled debut album which will assuredly be an important part of many year-end lists when it comes the time to highlight the best music of 2019.
Tallies debut album is in many ways a glorious re-visitation of some the greatest Indie, Dream-Pop and Shoegaze sounds ever recorded. From opening to closing it stands as some sort of ultimate exercise on how to pay tribute to the genuine beauty of a band that goes by the name of The Sundays.
The dreamy, crystal clean, jangly guitars and the warm, tender, sugary vocals are unequivocally in line with what the Gavurin-Wheeler magicians masterfully did three decades ago.
If I were to describe Tallies sound I would surely say that it's The Sundays from their "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" period mixed along some notorious hints of Cocteau Twins, "Heaven or Las Vegas" phase with a little help from Johnny Marr guitar playing style with a pinch of Aztec Camera and a tiny bit of Orange Juice.
The outcome of this blend is a thrilling, gorgeous set of stand out songs: “Not So Proud”; “Trains and Snow”; “Easy Enough”; “Mother”; “Eden”; “Trouble” or “Midnight”. Such a stunningly good debut full-length might inevitability put considerable pressure upon Tallies sophomore album because the band has set the quality level really high.
INDIEVOTION SCORE: 9/10
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