Art Decade Is Ben Talmi's New Band And They're Totally Awesome (Free Download)

Ben Talmi has a new band called Art Decade and they just sent me some music. The music has moments where it's pretty heavy, bordering on metal, then all of a sudden it goes into MGMT territory and then some late 90's AFI type shit. That description would imply a clusterfuck but it works amazingly. I'm particularly impressed with the track "Weapon". The band will be in NYC on April 20th at Lit and there's no way I'm missing it. In the meantime you can fill out the form on their website and get a free MP3.

New Tracks From Ben Talmi

Back in August, while I was bedridden and recovering from surgery, I took some time to dig through some emails and listen to some new submissions. I got lucky on my first try and put up a post about Ben Talmi. Since then Ben has played CMJ and got some attention from other blogs out there.

I was excited to see another email today from Ben with a couple new tracks. Check them out below and let us know what you think. If you want to download them they will be available tomorrow here.

 Ben Talmi - All Up To You by BrooklynSkiClub 

 Ben Talmi - Lost At Sea by BrooklynSkiClub 

Ben Talmi - For The Dreamers EP

I finally had some time to dig through my inbox and listen to some new tunes. The very first email I opened was about some kid from Boston named Ben Talmi. The email states that he recorded the album with only an acoustic guitar, a piano, voice and a moog. Frankly, the type of music that I imagine based on that description isn't even worth giving a glance but I got time this week.

The first song I heard was "Scales Of A Fish In The Sky" which starts out sounding all acoustic but then this hard beat and electro elements come in and then layers of vocals and moog. It's surprising and instantly makes you interested in hearing more. On the other hand you've got "You're Lucky" which starts out with a synthy sound from the get go.

The EP has five tracks and at different points in the album you are reminded of a wide array of artists ranging from MIA to Sleigh Bells to Totally Michael to Freelance Whales and maybe even a little Beatles in there. Frankly, I'm surprised this dude isn't already on your playlist but maybe that's because the poor guy is in Boston. This is the kinda shit that would take about 5 minutes to gain a following in NYC. But then again it's one dude, who knows how well he can recreate the sound live or if it's fun to watch.

Either way the album is certainly worth a listen. You can download it for free from Bandcamp

Listen & Download for FREE:

Ben Talmi - For The Dreamers

MP3:
You're Right - Ben Talmi