Track Of The Week :: Talk Show - Ankle Deep (In A Warm Glass Of Water)

Credit: Matt Wylder

Words: Linn Branson 

There really isn't anything better than this from London four-piece Talk Show this week.  ‘Ankle Deep (In A Warm Glass Of Water)’, out this week via Council Records, comes as the truly immaculate follow-up to their earlier debut, ‘Fast & Loud’, and shows the band already climbing higher on the ladder of post-punk stamped energy and originality.

The cantering ‘Ankle Deep (In A Warm Glass Of Water)’ proves a breathless one-two punch of a second single; pairing post-punk sensibilities with romantic introspection, and a spaghetti western overlay that lends another intriguing aspect against the frenetic guitars and frontman Harrison Swann's driving and wholly enticing vocals.

Listen to the track below via animator Thomas Sharp's excellent visualisation, which draws influences from Salvador Dali’s pink elephants and the bold lines of Keith Haring; pairing the music with a brooding colour palette and psychedelic imagery.

“On the surface ‘Ankle Deep (In A Warm Glass Water)’ probably appears to be a song that’s solemn, or filled with frustration," says Swann. "In reality, it’s more of a collage of different situations and feelings. It fell together and wrote itself, and I suppose that’s kind of what the song ended up being about. It’s a collection of lines knitted together, that seemed to naturally make sense next to each other. For any collage to work you’ve got to recognise all the individual parts, whilst simultaneously seeing the bigger picture and ‘Ankle Deep…’ is a reflection on this.”



Live dates

OCTOBER
04 The Lexington, London  (Single release headline show)
05 Dials Festival, Portsmouth
11 Arts Club, Liverpool*
12 Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester
12 Live At Leeds, Ones To Watch Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
14 The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham*
16 Prince Albert, Brighton*

NOVEMBER
01 YES, Manchester (supporting FEET)
13 Oval Space, London (supporting Spector)
23 Gathering Sounds @ South Street Arts Centre, Reading
30 Stag & Dagger Warm-Up Party, Glasgow

JANUARY 2020
17 Cassiopeia, Berlin
18 Mucke bei die Fische, Hamburg

*w/ Just Mustard