Talk To Strangers

Four big bands
One small stage
Seven coins
Eight thirty
Thirtieth of April
Crayonsmith
Drunken Boat
Squarehead
I <3 The Monster Hero

Crayonsmith’s brainfather lays bare about C64 music, Michael O’Leary, how not to chew ice, Ian McKellen Vs. Ian McKellen and how to contact The A-Team.
Hello Ciaran from Crayonsmith! How are you? Hello! I’m good, thanks. And you? Amazing sun today for Dublin!
What a beautiful vista. Pity about the smog. I actually work near the [...]

Now this looks epic.
A recording stint in Elektra Studios and a gig at the Life Festival 2010 are in the balance.
Good luck to all concerned.
Even if Talk To Strangers‘ extended crew will be there in the front row, cheering on Aggro-Culture.

Codes’ singer talks to strangers about the rules of Goldeneye, how to assassinate Posh Spice, Harry Potter, the unknowing benefits of Volcanic ash and gooseberry marmalade…
Hello Daragh from Codes! How the devil are you? Splendid thanks
Do you know much about Cryptography? A little, we dabble in the dark arts…
Do you get this Harry Potter obsession [...]

The Hands Up Who Wants To Die frontman chats about conquering the Eastern Bloc,racist comic characters, apocalyptic conspiracies and cooking with tofu.
Hello Barry from Hands Up Who Wants To Die?! How are you? I am good. Nice weather. Dinner in the oven. Can’t complain.
What’s cooking? Mixed veg with tofu in a honey and garlic marinade with quiona.
Do [...]

First the voice went.
Then the mic.
Then the software.
Then the hardware.

Now, a turnaround -
emphatic!
glorious!!
resplendent!!!

Condensed into a bite-size nugget of five songs…
On a (much) more frequent basis.
+ Rú is here to take you by the hand
All the way…

Welcome back
Talk To Strangers 005 – Long Time Coming
Tracklist:
Windings – Brain Fluid
No Mean City – TigerKissRose
Enemies – Bits Of Parrots
Seeping [...]

Hello Jill from No Mean City, how are you? I am scchhaaaweet!
Any secrets you want to confess? Hmmm, I heart Greys Anatomy and I’ve heard thats pretty uncool…
Why are you called No Mean City? We were just looking for inspiration one night, and this sounds a bit geeky, but I decided to look [...]

Hello Joe from Overhead, The Albatross! How are you? Hello, I’m very well. It’s sunny and I’m being lazy, bliss.

Excellent. You’re a big Pink Floyd fan then? I am indeed, I’d like to say we all are but we’ve had to break our drummer Ben in. We were messing around playing that [...]

Hello Ian from A Plastic Rose! How are you? Very well thanks. Just chilling after dinner.

What did you have? Southern fried chicken, garlic potatoes and gravy. Good times. It was like a Belfast music scene Come Dine With Me with members of Gacy’s Threads and Tapasia. I think I deserve a ten.

Excellent. I’ll interview them next and we’ll see [...]