New Talibam! LP out TOMORROW via Critical Heights; Two NY shows; Album streaming now at Spinner.

Tomorrow, Critical Heights will release the new full-length from Brooklyn’s duo Talibam!

Before the band departs for Europe this fall, they'll play two New York shows:

September 21 - Secret Project Robot w/ Hard Bodies/Pvre Matrix/Napoleon - Brooklyn, NY
September 29 - Le Poisson Rouge w/ Elliott Sharp/Tim Dahl/Weasel Walter and Steve Gunn/John Truchzinski Duo - New York, NY

With the third tune from Talibam!'s thrilling Puff Up The Volume... "All Your Money" is what you want... a smashing "in utero' Nirvana style drum beat mixed with Suicide and Devo's synthronix and Ludacris and Outkast's bombast... this is slam dance pop perfection.

Previously known for their avant-jazz, experimental rock leanings, Puff Up the Volume sees Talibam! turning their considerable talents towards an album of synth-pop-infused, comedy-soaked “No School Rap”.

Having collectively been in bands with members of Battles, TV on the Radio and Grizzly Bear, the pair of Matt Mottel and Kevin Shea have joined Brooklyn’s finest and made an album of hook riddled pop star bombast.

Puff Up the Volume, is Talibam!'s "NO SCHOOL" Rap debut. They like to say "if you went to rap school, you wasted your money." This record is chock-full of party anthems and raw emotional verse, solidifying the duo as a skilled production team.

Talibam!'s Puff Up the Volume represents the outcome of poetic circumstance. Drummer Kevin Shea's big toe was crushed during a gong accident in 2009 forcing him to play bass drum with his left foot for the rest of a tour and the subsequent recording session engineered by Dirty Projector’s touring sound engineer Etienne Foyer in Paris. The circumstance "liberated" Talibam! from their previous ethos with drummer Kevin Shea bumping a BIG BEAT flavour along side Matt Mottel’s spicy Mini Moog mastery.

Puff Up the Volume will enter your head and stay there. The craft in songwriting, the focus on synth tone, the forceful funk of the drums and the verbal "epuffianies" spit by Kevin Shea and Matt Mottel make this album a contender for "album of the year."  Each song is a gold nugget ready for mass appeal. Get ready to breathe deep and PUFF UP THE VOLUME.

“It’s A Tough Day, Hard Day” is the second single to be taken from the album, following the Record Store Day exclusive 7” “Step Into the Marina.”

The vocal swagger, and melodic groove of “It’s a Tough Day, Hard Day” push this song to the top of the list for "slow jam of the summer."

Rapping about their experiences of having collectively been in bands with members of Battles, TV on the Radio and Grizzly Bear, the song resonates with the universal theme that dedicating your life to your own art is tough business.

The video for “It’s A Tough Day, Hard Day”, directed by Steve Five (producer of the forthcoming film I RAZOR with music by Circus Devils/Bob Pollard), takes the viewer through their frustrations with the modern music industry; questioning why they are not included, despite all of their "hyped" qualifications.

Riddled with razor-sharp wit and humour inspired by the likes of The Mighty Boosh and Flight of the Concords, Talibam!'s brand of No School Rap turns pop music in to a politically comedic force.

Artist: Talibam!
Album: Puff Up The Volume
Label: Critical Heights
Release date: September 18, 2012

Track Listing:
1. Warhorse Round-Up
2. Zombie From Albequrque
3. All Your Money
4. Step In The Marina
5. Tappin’ That Ass
6. Pensioner Progeny
7. Puff Up The Volume
8. It’s A Tough Day, Hard Day
9. Geezer Lament
10. #noschool Rap Report
11. Antediluvian Curmudgeonry
12. Dr Giggles
13. Kosmische Karma
14. Sweet Leader
15. Mossback Repugnance
16. Jack Is In A Hotdog
17. Penultimate Fuddy-Duddy
18. Mottel In The Hotel
19. Golden-Ager Croak