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Sarah Register and Andrya Ambro allied as TALK NORMAL in 2007, after years of friendship, and haven't stopped moving. Since their lightning-strike first appearance, TALK NORMAL's sound has stormed upward and outward, referencing few and relating to many, a jarringly songful gale of rhythm and noise supporting pleas and plaints, signal-calls and marching orders. Each show builds on past ones: up-to-the-moment updates of ideas previously stated, new phrasings of old upheavals delivered with increasing focus and joy. Darkness and light; fury, silence, space and sound.

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"…a blazing extension of their earlier EPs. Their basic heft (UK ‘78 DIY/No Wave squall) remains in places, but it is swamped by a new, venomous psychedelic thrust mixed with a post-scum instrumental chiming that is ridiculously effective."
-Arthur Magazine

"[“In a Strangeland”] is no carbon copy. Andrya Ambro's drumming is a distinctive combo of clicking energy and depth-plunging stomp, while [the band’s] vocals can handle both desperate screech and matter-of-fact detachment somewhere between Karen O and Kim Gordon…. The assured confidence of "In a Strangeland'' is a result of inspiration, not imitation."
- Pitchfork, track review from Sugarland

"There is an evolving history of bizarreness translated into brutal, arty music and New York duo Talk Normal has kept an ear on this brand of sludgy dirge...It’s completely punishing in the simplest way, like they mic’d each other in a fight with baseball bats where their bones never break so they just keep swinging."
The Fader, track review from Sugarland

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mar 21 - Monterrey, Mexico - MtyMx Fest at Autocinema Las Torres
mar 24 - Albuquerque, NM - The Undermined (w/ Death Sentence: Panda, KIT, and more)
mar 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
mar 27 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
mar 29 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
mar 30 - St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
mar 31 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
apr 01 - Northfield, MN - The Cave at Carleton College (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
apr 02 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
apr 03 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Zola Jesus)
apr 03 - Chicago, IL - Permanent Records In-Store
apr 04 - Louisville, KY - Skull Alley (w/ Rude Weirdo, Nzambi, more)
apr 05 - Oberlin, OH - The Dionysus Discotheque (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
apr 07 - Cleveland, OH - The Spot (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards)
apr 08 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place (w/ Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, The Bear Exchange)
apr 16 - Milan, Italy - Elita Festival at Teatro Parenti
apr 17 - Brussels, Belgium - Atelier Claus
apr 18 - Kortrijk, Belgium - Sonic City Festival curated by Deerhoof
apr 19 - Geneva, Switzerland - L'usine
apr 20 - Lyon, France - Sonic
apr 21 - Grenoble, France - Oui
apr 22 - St. Etienne, France - L'Assomoir
apr 23 - Bordeaux, France - St Ex
apr 24 - Paris, France - Bus Palladium
apr 25 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Worm
apr 26 - London, England - Cargo (w/ Crystal Antlers)
apr 27 - Brighton, England - Hector's House
apr 28 - Sheffield, England - TBA
apr 29 - Glasgow, Scotland - 13th Note
apr 30 - Newcastle, England - Star and Shadow
may 01 - Nottingham, England - Chameleon
may 02 - Manchester, England - Sounds From The Other City Arts Festival at The Angel Centre
may 03 - London, England - TBA