TAUK
''COLLISIONS''
JULY 22 2014
54:49
1 Friction 5:00
2 Sweet Revenge 5:10
3 Mokuba 5:27
4 On Guard 6:06
5 Mindshift 6:06
6 A Series of Choices 5:25
7 Tumbler 5:45
8 The Drop 5:54
9 Dusty Jacket 4:50
10 Collateral 5:06
Matt Jalbert (Guitar)
Charlie Dolan (Bass)
Alric “A.C.” Carter (Keyboards)
Isaac Teel (Drums)
ABOUT
By absolutepunk.net
Can a jam band also be a post-rock instrumental project? Sure why not? Meet Tauk. They hail from the vernal shores of Long Island and just released their new EP Pull Factors. To date they have performed at Bonnaroo, Hangout Music Fest and the Summer Camp Music Festival. They are also fresh off the first annual Peach Music Festival, curated by the Allman Brothers Band. To date the quartet has shared the stages with OAR, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Toubab Krewe.
Their only shot at a single is the opener "Home to Me," a breezy and whimsical cut that opens with a gorgeous and vernal guitar line and settles into jam territory at the three-minute mark, buttressed by shimmering piano. Fans of Phish will certainly find something to like here. There are no vocals but there is something definitely accessible about it.
From there, the disc ventures off into epic territory. "Stepwise," is a hazy seven minute offering that ducks and darts around corners, meandering and snaking its way to the finish. Things get a bit steamy at the four-minute mark when a sweltering guitar solo enters the picture and from there the song is an absolute knockout.
"Temptation Lane," is nearly nine minutes and drifts into something hallucinatory and hypnotic and thrives off of Alric "A.C." Carter's dreamy piano work. Close to the four minute mark the song nearly stops and it feels like a storm cloud might be threatening on the horizon. Lord knows what exactly is going on but hot damn if it doesn't work. Second by second the song picks up steam and roars onward to the finish.
"Side Project," is another breezy four-minute cut that feels akin to a nap on a hammock or front porch swing. The guitars are a bit more playful and as a whole it is decidedly less intense than anything so far on the album. And it is in this care-free spirit that Pull Factors makes all the sense in the world. In short, creating music like this is no easy task but the band makes it seem all too easy and even harder to dislike. By the time, the seven-minute closer "We Hope Your Exorcism Was Successful," finishes, the urge to go back and listen again is almost overwhelming.
That Pull Factors is as brilliant as it is does not come as a surprise. The disc was engineered by Dave Natale (Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac) and produced by Robert Carranza (Jack Johnson, Mars Volta). But even veteran studio hands can only do so much. In the end, the credit goes to Tauk. These are musicians wise beyond their years who perform with an effortlessness that is hard to ignore. Long Island, you have done it again.
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
TAUK is heavy instrumental rock fusion created by Matt Jalbert (guitar), Charlie Dolan (bass), Alric “A.C.” Carter (keyboard-organ), and Isaac Teel (drums). The transcendent instrumental band seamlessly brings together genres as diverse as melodic rock, fusion, gritty funk, progressive rock, ambient, classic rock, hip hop and jazz.
The Oyster Bay, New York-based quartet has received accolades from a number of tastemaking authorities, including an “On The Verge” feature in Relix Magazine and frequent rotation for the singles “Mindshift”, “Sweet Revenge”, “Dead Signal” and “In the Basement of the Alamo” on Sirius XM Jam On. Despite their years of experience as a musical unit, the quartet is a young promising band that Jambase calls “a guaranteed quickly-ascend band.” The Washington Post describes the band by saying: “TAUK’s instrumental music melds genres and styles, creating a hard-charging, often melodic fusion that – thanks to a penchant for improv – offers limitless possibilities” and The Deli Magazine singles out the band’s compelling melodic sense through explaining: “the quartet has a rare ability to channel emotional melodic leads, and all without a lead singer.”
The band’s latest album, Collisions, is a breakthrough in that it finally captures the essence of TAUK’s entrancing live shows. It’s a thoughtfully composed album with captivating hum-along melodies, but this time the band was able to road test the songs, allowing the recorded versions to reflect the group’s adventurous improvisations. The 10-song album spans delicate ethereal textures, highly imaginatively funky drumming, labyrinthine arrangements, and fiery solos—often in the same song.
OFFICIAL SITE
''COLLISIONS''
JULY 22 2014
54:49
1 Friction 5:00
2 Sweet Revenge 5:10
3 Mokuba 5:27
4 On Guard 6:06
5 Mindshift 6:06
6 A Series of Choices 5:25
7 Tumbler 5:45
8 The Drop 5:54
9 Dusty Jacket 4:50
10 Collateral 5:06
Matt Jalbert (Guitar)
Charlie Dolan (Bass)
Alric “A.C.” Carter (Keyboards)
Isaac Teel (Drums)
ABOUT
By absolutepunk.net
Can a jam band also be a post-rock instrumental project? Sure why not? Meet Tauk. They hail from the vernal shores of Long Island and just released their new EP Pull Factors. To date they have performed at Bonnaroo, Hangout Music Fest and the Summer Camp Music Festival. They are also fresh off the first annual Peach Music Festival, curated by the Allman Brothers Band. To date the quartet has shared the stages with OAR, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Toubab Krewe.
Their only shot at a single is the opener "Home to Me," a breezy and whimsical cut that opens with a gorgeous and vernal guitar line and settles into jam territory at the three-minute mark, buttressed by shimmering piano. Fans of Phish will certainly find something to like here. There are no vocals but there is something definitely accessible about it.
From there, the disc ventures off into epic territory. "Stepwise," is a hazy seven minute offering that ducks and darts around corners, meandering and snaking its way to the finish. Things get a bit steamy at the four-minute mark when a sweltering guitar solo enters the picture and from there the song is an absolute knockout.
"Temptation Lane," is nearly nine minutes and drifts into something hallucinatory and hypnotic and thrives off of Alric "A.C." Carter's dreamy piano work. Close to the four minute mark the song nearly stops and it feels like a storm cloud might be threatening on the horizon. Lord knows what exactly is going on but hot damn if it doesn't work. Second by second the song picks up steam and roars onward to the finish.
"Side Project," is another breezy four-minute cut that feels akin to a nap on a hammock or front porch swing. The guitars are a bit more playful and as a whole it is decidedly less intense than anything so far on the album. And it is in this care-free spirit that Pull Factors makes all the sense in the world. In short, creating music like this is no easy task but the band makes it seem all too easy and even harder to dislike. By the time, the seven-minute closer "We Hope Your Exorcism Was Successful," finishes, the urge to go back and listen again is almost overwhelming.
That Pull Factors is as brilliant as it is does not come as a surprise. The disc was engineered by Dave Natale (Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac) and produced by Robert Carranza (Jack Johnson, Mars Volta). But even veteran studio hands can only do so much. In the end, the credit goes to Tauk. These are musicians wise beyond their years who perform with an effortlessness that is hard to ignore. Long Island, you have done it again.
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
TAUK is heavy instrumental rock fusion created by Matt Jalbert (guitar), Charlie Dolan (bass), Alric “A.C.” Carter (keyboard-organ), and Isaac Teel (drums). The transcendent instrumental band seamlessly brings together genres as diverse as melodic rock, fusion, gritty funk, progressive rock, ambient, classic rock, hip hop and jazz.
The Oyster Bay, New York-based quartet has received accolades from a number of tastemaking authorities, including an “On The Verge” feature in Relix Magazine and frequent rotation for the singles “Mindshift”, “Sweet Revenge”, “Dead Signal” and “In the Basement of the Alamo” on Sirius XM Jam On. Despite their years of experience as a musical unit, the quartet is a young promising band that Jambase calls “a guaranteed quickly-ascend band.” The Washington Post describes the band by saying: “TAUK’s instrumental music melds genres and styles, creating a hard-charging, often melodic fusion that – thanks to a penchant for improv – offers limitless possibilities” and The Deli Magazine singles out the band’s compelling melodic sense through explaining: “the quartet has a rare ability to channel emotional melodic leads, and all without a lead singer.”
The band’s latest album, Collisions, is a breakthrough in that it finally captures the essence of TAUK’s entrancing live shows. It’s a thoughtfully composed album with captivating hum-along melodies, but this time the band was able to road test the songs, allowing the recorded versions to reflect the group’s adventurous improvisations. The 10-song album spans delicate ethereal textures, highly imaginatively funky drumming, labyrinthine arrangements, and fiery solos—often in the same song.
OFFICIAL SITE
