{"id":30987,"date":"2025-01-21T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T06:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=30987"},"modified":"2025-01-21T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:11:21","slug":"new-ep-smalltalk-as-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/new-ep-smalltalk-as-if\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Smalltalk || As If"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who prefer jangle pop wrapped in indie rock or shoegaze influences will feel right at home with American indie band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smalltalkmakesmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smalltalk<\/a>. Shelby Bock (vocals), Andy Keith (guitar), Bryce Edwards (bass) and Cameron Driver (drums) have just released their sophomore EP <a href=\"https:\/\/candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-if\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>As If<\/em><\/a>, featuring six songs in which bright guitar jangles and confident vocals blend into more noisy and hazy layers of heavy riffs, haunting drum rolls and cinematic soundscapes. Original and inspired, mysterious and mesmerizing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1027762560\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2865694162\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-if\">As If by Smalltalk<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1027762560\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3800747203\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-if\">As If by Smalltalk<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>As If<\/em>, recorded by Chris &#8220;Scary&#8221; Adams, is out now digitally, on cassette and CD, trough Candlepin Records and Pleasure Tapes.<\/p>\n<p>Add to wantlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/as-if\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candlepin @ Bandcamp<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/pleasuretapes.myshopify.com\/products\/pt-74-cpr-098-as-if-by-smalltalk-preorder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleasure Tapes @ Shopify<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who prefer jangle pop wrapped in indie rock or shoegaze influences will feel right at home with American indie band Smalltalk. 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