One of the most impressive bands to come out of Hull ever, seamless live set and infectious melodies blending ska, indie, punk and reggae.
With the stench of the fishing industry, looming over what was voted the “grimmest place to live in the UK”, an inspiring scene was bustling under the movement of deprived musicians. Out of this highly underrated and undiscovered music scene, The Talks emerged in the summer of 2006. Since then, they have been at the forefront of the cities music scene, selling out shows with a unique bass driven, reggae/punk influenced sound. Given the public’s response, the band decided that with little money, they’d set out touring all over the UK and Europe, in an effort to put Hull’s music scene on the map, surviving the mud stained UK festivals like Glastonbury and Leeds/Reading.
Over the last two years, The Talks have become known by some, to be a band with a social conscience. Writing songs about the way life is for them, playing shows and guerrilla gigs to support causes that all four members believe to be essential aspects of modern life.
With the first single ‘Picture this’, selling out in the shops within the first week, achieving playlists on radio stations, and in clubs nationally, the band decided that the second single, the edgy sounding ‘Killer Sinner’, should encompass the bands frustration towards the increasingly apathetic, UK music scene.
 

"As someone who spent many a gig hanging around the jewel on the Humber with such eighties turns as 3 Action, The Gargoyles and of course The Housemartins, I was delighted to see The Talks in concert and realise that the flame of good music still burns bright in Hull..."- Phil Jupitus

"Frisky Guitar Jolt-pop with regulation reggae influence": - NME