Strange Talk

Strange Talk Stephen Docker of Melbourne quartet Strange Talk is making the most of the post-summer sun before heading down to the rehearsal room. With a series of gigs in the pipeline to coincide with their freshly released Strange Talk EP, Docker and his bandmates are making the most of any pre-tour dates they can get. On today’s agenda, the band have “got a couple of new songs that we are going to rehearse and get ready. Because we have our EP tour coming up at the end of this month through to May, we have got to make sure we have a solid hour set. So we have just written a couple of songs which we want to add to the show, so it would be good to play them in the lead up whenever we can, just to gauge a response and see if they need any more work of then.”

Strange Talk Having already unleashed the stunning singles “Eskimo Boy” and “Climbing Walls”, Strange Talk have taken the fast-track to success. While they are aware that their singles to date have been more than well received, Docker admits “it is a little bit nerve-wracking” to unleash new material on the public.
So what can people expect from the Strange Talk EP? With Yeasayer and Pheonix comparisons being thrown at them left, right and centre, Docker is more than flattered to even be mentioned in the same breath as two bands he holds in high regard. While he admits “I don’t think being compared to people is a bad thing as we love them and they are our influences,” he would not necessarily strictly align his sound to he musical icons. “I guess, our sound is pop music. We have still got that indie touch to it. When we write we are very conscious to make sure a song is 3 minute 30. It is a very pop structured sound. It is very electronic, with a touch of rock but it still has that indie sound as well.”

By Jeremy Williams