Later this month Takka Takka’s sophomore album, Migration, is being released, an album that out runs the sophomore slump with the power of re-invention.  While We Feel Safer At Night embraced acoustic guitars, Lou Reed talk-singing and straightfoward rhythms, Migration focuses on more subtle nuances in muted guitars, hushed recording and more complex rhythms.  Both albums have a deep New York center, they just approach the music with different decades of influence.

“Everybody Say” is a good representation of the album as a whole.  The song is subdued  on all fronts.  A muted guitar acts more as a rhythm line, and Gabe’s vocals sound like melodic speaking.  The song refuses to build - content with it’s single frequency delivery.  Yet, there’s nowhere it needs to go, because it’s completely hypnotic and soothing as it is.

[mp3] Takka Takka - Everybody Say

07-15 – New York, NY @ Pianos (Record Release Residency)
07-22 – New York, NY @ Pianos (Record Release Residency)
07-24 – Chicago, IL @ Daytrotter Session!
07-25 – Chicago, IL @ Shubas
07-26 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency - Madison
07-29 – New York, NY @ Pianos (Record Release Residency)

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