Italian post-punk outfit Talk To Her has announced its sophomore album, Pleasure Loss Desire, which will see the light of day on 30 October through Shyrec/Icy Cold Records.

The band has also presented the album's first single, "PLD", accompanied by a video directed by Daniel Bagolin. A track built on dark, obsessive synths, tribal drumming, sharp bass, deep baritone vocals, and guitar textures. But just as pleasures, losses, and desires transform us, so "PLD" gradually mutates: verse by verse, the dense weave of synths gives way to the humanity of the other instruments, which intensify in strength, echoing the recurring phrases of the track that call for an escape, a rupture, a loss of control - culminating in an explosive, intense, and liberating finale.

The album traces a descent into a cold world where clarity and oblivion endlessly alternate in search of balance, oscillating between moments of calm and emotional outbursts, and explores the duality between detachment and alienation. Each track unveils contrasting emotions - desire, suffering, nostalgia, hope, fear -  painting a raw portrait of the fragilities of those who live in an era marked by uncertainty and changes. With Pleasure Loss Desire, Talk To Her explores new soundscapes compared to its debut record, Love Will Come Again (2020). The themes once tied to the emotional and passionate sphere give way to alienation, suffering, and fear.

The overall sound, as well as the vocals, becomes colder yet more aggressive: while still maintaining a wave influence, particularly evident in certain tracks, the post-punk component is predominant, enriched by strong contaminations of post- and alternative rock from the late 90s and early 2000s. The album was co-produced and recorded by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher). Link