Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Bringin’ U Summery Musics
John Talabot has been getting “hella buzz” in the blogmosphere in these past few months, and though I usually avoid these types of phenomena I have come to realize that this guy is pretty damn legit. One indicator is that his latest release, a 12″ called ‘My Old School‘, was put out by the trustworthy German folks over at Permanent Vacation- a longtime favorite label of Disco Horror. Another tip was that the guy is from Barcelona, Spain, and is thereby clearly FAR more ‘Balearic’ than most other new artists out there simply by virtue of him being physically much closer to the islands themselves. I realize my theory kinda falls apart when you consider the types of music actually being played in Ibiza these days, but take one listen to the much-hyped “Sunshine” (released earlier this year on Hivern Disc) and I think you’ll be on the level.
Now you can find that track pretty much anywhere, but we like to keep things fresh around here and the Permanent Vacation EP really deserves more attention. All tunes on ‘My Old School’ play like slightly tranced-out, tropical versions of the slo-mo edits we’ve been loving from dudes like The Revenge and Ray Mang. It’s right up our alley; “Korlee” is buit upon jangly bongos, sweeping strings, Spanish guitar, and a sultry vocal snippet, and y’know what I just may take it on a little sunset date to Baker Beach in a few hours.