Dreamy alt / lo-fi rockers PILLOW TALK Memphis have premiered a video for their track “Ferris & Effie”, coming off their upcoming Animal Style Records debut full-length “This Is All Pretend”. Serving as the follow-up to their well-received 2015 EP, “What We Should Have Said,” the new LP, out March 10, was produced by Matt Talbot of acclaimed band, HUM.
“…lo-fi rockers Pillow Talk know how to strike a chord deep within our hearts. Their music is dreamy and dripping in nostalgia, as muffled vocals bring to mind images of old flames and easier days…laid back and reminiscent of My Bloody Valentineโs Loveless.”- Impose Magazine, who premiered the video
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Fans often take offense when their favorite artists evolve and too often fail to see the truth behind the evolution. Take Memphis, TNโs Pillow Talk, whose first full-length slips further into the dreamier, blearier sound they established on 2015โs What We Should Have Said and adds to it more synthetic soundscapes. Produced and engineered by Matt Talbott of Hum fame, This Is All Pretend feels like a band who has reconstructed itself, having found something and lost nothing. Thematically, these songs are about letting go to once was and determining how to continue. Singer Joshua Cannonโs lyrics came in fragments over a two-year period that saw his grandmotherโs declining health take a toll on his family. Magnified by private battles of self-abuse and a dissociation from everything and everyone around him, his relationships eroded as he looked for a path back to the innocence of childhood. The idea of letting go influenced the bandโs musical evolution as well, and is evident on songs like โSorry In My Mind,โ where auto-tuned vocals adorn each verse, slithering alongside the synth lead that seems the weave through the songโs strutting beat. The auto-tune is clearly for effect (Cannonโs soulful alto needs no correcting) and reappears throughout the record, though somehow add more soul to the record. So much of This Is All Pretend feels like a natural progression for Pillow Talkโin fact, the dizzy throb on โBetween the Framesโ and opener โMonogamyโ feel like they could have appeared on What We Should Have Said or even 2014โs Recreational Feelings. Still, itโs clear the band has shed its skin and embraced an evolution that has helped them express their truthโwhich wonโt take long for fans to see, no matter how offended they seem.
