Tali & The Arms began as the solo project of Tali Harding-Hone (Dr Sure's Unusual Practice, Dog Door et al). The Arms have been fleshed out with some of her oldest friends and collaborators in Hannah Wales (Hannah Kate), Shelby Wilton (Muma Ganoush) and Nick Reynolds (Metdog).
Tali & The Arms make dark, hooky outsider-pop/art-rock with a distinct Melbourne thread. Squalling distorted guitars spitting out venomous lines, hints of Rowland S Howard's Fender Jag, blanketed in a sickly sweet vocal - like Julia Jacklin fronting The Drones.
On their debut EP Tali & The Arms bust in the door with a smokin' barrel, sharp shooters, with 4 tracks refined well beyond their years. Out on 7" vinyl, November 17 via Marthouse Records.
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released December 1, 2023
Recorded by Sam Swain & Brodie Casey at Sunset Pig and Purple Curtain Studios
Mixed by Sam Swain
Mastered by Joe Carra
All songs written by Tali & The Arms
Lyrics by Tali Harding-Hone
Arrangements by Tali Harding-Hone, Hannah Wales, Shelby Wilton, Ellis, Sam Swain, Tom Dowling, Angus Radley and Connor Black Harry
Guitars performed by Tali Harding-Hone, Hannah Wales, Tom Dowling and Sam Swain
Bass performed by Shelby Wilton
Drums performed by Ellis
Synth perfomed by Tali Harding-Hone and Sam Swain
Percussion performed by Ben Carlyon Fleming, Tali Harding-Hone and Sam Swain.
The Siberian band offers nine dark dance tracks that conjure spectral images of dive-y spaces filled with people who like their club music served with a good dose of melancholy Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2021