It’s been a long hard winter in these parts and Toronto popsters TALLIES have brought the sunshine.
Tallies self-titled debut dropped in January and it is an absolute blast of fresh air. The band seemed to have styled their sound around the 90s dream pop of The Sundays with the shimmering shoegaze of Cocteau Twins and a bit of the twee pop of The Shop Assistants. With reverb soaked guitars, jaunty bass-lines and pop hooks galore there’s a lot here to lift you out of the winter coma.
This is energetic lush pop highlighted by sunny melodies about the sweet melancholy of adulting over post-Smiths guitar jangle. But in the end it’s Sarah Cogan’s voice that seals the deal. Sweet and melodic, her voice falls somewhere between Kristin Hersh and Bethany Cosentino and is like a shot of Vitamin D.
Out now on Kanine Records in the U.S.; Hand Drawn Dracula in Canada, and Fear of Missing Out in the UK.
Tour
SUN 10 MARCH
Brewery
Birmingham, AL, US
SUN 10 MARCH – SUN 17 MARCH
SXSW 2019
Austin, TX, US
TUE 12 MARCH
The Main
Austin, TX, US
FRI 15 MARCH
Club Dada
Dallas, TX, US
WED 20 MARCH
Highland Park Bowl
Los Angeles, CA, US
WED 8 MAY
The Social
London, UK
SAT 11 MAY
The Lanes
Bristol, UK
WED 15 MAY
Shipping Forecast
Liverpool, UK
THU 16 MAY
Chameleon Arts Cafe
Nottingham, UK
FRI 17 MAY
Focus Wales 2019
Wrexham, UK
SAT 25 MAY
Wodan Halle
Freiburg, Germany
