The fresh-faced guys of Vancouver, WA’s Foreign Talks were still in high school when they began playing together back in 2011. The arrangements of the four piece are allocated evenly, from the brotherly harmonies of Marcus and Madison Fischer to their mystical guitar work and slow, patient train sounds within songs like "Save Your Energy". Their independence is asserted on "Mama", where they apologize for not wanting to "play your precious football" because they have "a musical artery" with tempo shifting percussion and warm strums. There are plenty of coming-of-age and first love themes juxtaposed with an old soul maturity – a genuine musicianship that is bound to find its way into a prime time television drama. Last year Foreign Talks signed with Portland’s Expunged Records (Priory, Blind Pilot), and they will be celebrating the release of first album, The Spell, at Backspace Cafe on April 18th with Red Cloud. – Brandy Crowe
