"TALK NORMAL is no lightweight. Dark and moody and rhythmic and not real friendly- we likes what we hears."
-Mike Wolf, Time Out New York
"TALK NORMAL put a fresh spin on classic No Wave dissonance, with Sarah Register's steady guitar figures supporting Andrya Ambro's staccato drumming and keening vocals. Tapes, electronics and the occasional sighting of bassist Richard Hoffman complete the picture."
-MW, Time Out New York
"No wave is alive and well, if Brooklyn duo TALK NORMAL are any indication. Drummer Andrya Ambro keeps things cohesive with surprisingly precise percussion, occasionally banging on such things as an electric guitar and an old iron pipe rigged with contact mics, while guitarist Sarah Register coaxes some unnerving and discordant noises from her axe and array of pedals. The two take turns shouting abstract and absurdist lyrics with voices like hi-tech valkyries from a futurist nightmare, guaranteed to scare the twee right out of you."
-Gerry Mak, Lost At E Minor: Music, illustration, art, photography and more
"The TALK NORMAL sound is very unique. Their music being the wikipedia of New York's no wave-scene and at the same time delivering the very FUTURE of music. They are what Teenage Jesus And The Jerks should have been, and what DNA was but noone truly understood. Blasting drumbeats with a hard jazz-feel backed up by walls of noisy guitars and looped feedback-noises. Extreme in a way, but still basic pop. Vocally they sing about small men and smiling kids in a way that could only be desribed as the bastad child of Diamanda Galas' and D Boon. Still being the child of teenage Kim Gordon and Laurie Anderson."
-Daniel Fagge Fagerström, Moptaco Dics
"TALK NORMAL is a new 2 piece from Brooklyn NY consisting of members Andrya Ambro and Sarah Register. Disjointed angular structures contrast dense waves of percussion, found sounds, and melodic vocals, totally minimal and maximal all at once. Ridding out post punk creep jams and collage numbers reminiscent of This Heat,Talk Normal is a fresh one, lacking any kind of easy pigeon holing bullshit. This is really considered stuff. Very recommended."
-Shawn Reed, Night People
"...totally unique duo TALK NORMAL, with driving punk drum onslaughts by Andrya Ambro and awesome experimental guitar noise by Sarah Register — awesome!"
-Other Music, Digital Music Store"
"TALK NORMAL is a minimalist, blues-based machine making deep rhythms out of few moving parts, with a human component to whisper its secrets between grinding cogs and metallic thuds."
-Sebastian Ischer, Monkeytown Review
"At once rhythmic and dissonant, TALK NORMAL's blend of primitive disco-thumps, affected vocals, and dark scratchings are not to be missed!"
-Jacqueline Castel, (Make The) Product!, WNYU Radio
"Brooklyn-based avant duo TALK NORMAL create a jagged guitar/drum attack reminiscent of The Fall and Throbbing Gristle."
-Billy J, The Adolescent Sessions, Viva-Radio
"...All I can say is don't take any psychedelic drugs before coming to see TALK NORMAL because they will probably make your brain explode in fear. Take it easy, Wes, take it easy."
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