Trash Talk release new video

After releasing the audio to their new track F.E.B.N the other day, Trash Talk have now released the video for it as well.

A zeitgeist relevant video, directed by Wolf Haley (Tyler, The Creator of Odd Future fame) featuring all of the things needed to ensure alt. life acceptance. Graff – check. Odd Future – check (Frank Ocean is the guy hanging from the beams at the end.) Smoking bongs – check. Skateboarding – check. (Omar Salazar, a pro skater from Trash Talk’s home town of Sacramento can be seen blasting over some bins in the video) – stylistically this video is on point for today’s youth culture to lap it up, not that Trash Talk need any help in getting their name known, the music speaks enough for itself.

So check it out, the first cut from 119 and in the words of frontman Lee Spielman on his twitter feed today “If you thought F.E.B.N. was gnarly the rest of 119 is going to kick your fucking head in haha I can’t wait! Ahhhh” – I’m with you Lee, I can’t wait either.

Trash Talk release new song from 119.

Trash Talk have released the first single from their impending new album 119. F.E.B.N is a midpaced low-fi, almost sludgy sounding romp which doesn’t give too much away as to the direction of the next album.

“119”

What this track does is carry on nicely from the vein of music that Trash Talk were producing when they released the Awake E.P. Less intent placed upon playing as hard and as fast as possible and more intent placed on actually you know, writing songs.

The guitar and bass combine to create a hypnotic loop with a backing from a relatively simple and slow drum beat. Lee Spielman delivers his vocals backed at points by Spencer in a completely audible way despite the harsh edge to his voice. “I scrape myself off the floor/swear I’ve been there before” is a simple line that sums up Trash Talk wonderfully. Anyone who has ever witnessed them play will have seen Lee do just that, many times per show.

While F.E.B.N isn’t Trash Talk at their full raging best, it is a very good indication that the band are confident to write songs which break the minute mark on a more consistent basis. That isn’t to say that 119 wont feature those sort of songs, they are the bands trademark, but this ‘longer’ song writing is a great progression.

Perhaps the most telling lyric that backs up the point I just made is “onward upwards, always/forwards ever, backwards never” – this could just be the Trash Talk motto from here on in.

Watch out world, this next Trash Talk record could be a game changer.

119 will be released on October 9th via Trash Talk Collective/Odd Future Records.