The six-piece are best experienced in a live environment, where the visceral, raw energy of their music can be fully appreciated.

So far Talons have had the pleasure of sharing stages with some great bands such as Manchester Orchestra, iForward Russia!, 65 Days of Static, Future of the Left, Rolo Tomassi, Grammatics, Johnny Foreigner, Frank Turner, Tubelord and Pulled Apart By Horses.

Huw Stephens has been a big supporter of the band, playing them throughout the year, from an initial demo through to the released singles (he even wished them good luck in their A-level results on air!). Talons have also featured in a new bands column in Q Magazine, were in Rock Sound’s ‘Ones to Watch for 2010’, and have played shows for Clash Magazine, Rock Sound and Drowned In Sound.

Signed to indie label Big Scary Monsters, home of a lot of bands that have influenced them and helped shape their sound, Talons released debut single The Pearl in August 2009 to great reception from printed press to influential blogs. What followed was/will be a series of three very limited edition split singles (100 copies each). The first ‘Bethlehem’ (a split with Irish rockers And So I Watch You From Afar), came out in December 2009 and sold out on pre-order. The next single, ‘Anthropods’ is a split with Chicago based noisemakers Noumenon, and will be out in April. Both Anthropods and the third and final split single have been produced by former iForward Russia! Frontman Tom Woodhead. Talons’ debut album is set to follow in Autumn 2010.