Talk In Code – More Than Friends

In an ever-evolving music landscape, where new bands and artists pop from all possible parts of the globe almost daily, only a few music outlets manage to avoid cliches and deliver fresh music to the table. Most of them reinvent the same old wheel by exploring their musical influences or mimicking something the greats invented decades ago. Thankfully, there are still bands that think outside the box, break all the rules, and shapeshift boundaries. Talk In Code is one of those bands that crafts catchy, memorable, engaging, and emotionally charged songs that will immediately resonate with anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly executed music. “More Than Friends,” their latest piece of work released today on all streaming platforms, exemplifies how indie music should sound in 2025. Lyrically, this standalone single explores themes such as love, relationships, various sentiments, moods, situations, and circumstances, making “More Than Friends” a highly relatable work that will immediately resonate with the broader audience. Sonically, perhaps Talk In Code explores the entire indie spectrum by incorporating all those fundamental elements of indie rock and indie pop, but they also included many other complementary styles to illustrate such luxuriant sonic imagery. You’ll notice how synth pop, synth rock, synth wave, dream pop, various subgenres of electronic music, and many more additional elements found their way into this sonic equation. The band uses all these additional sonic ingredients as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to elevate their music to new heights while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. Although their music shines with qualities that meet all the trends of modern music production, you’ll also notice a subtle touch of nostalgia lurking around. It’s more than vividly hearable that eighties and nineties music inspired these creative musicians, yet they deliver many signature moves that shape their distinctive sound. Therefore, these experimentations with many complementary styles, various approaches, and different techniques resulted in a catchy, memorable, engaging composition that will not only appear to the fans of the mentioned music genres but anyone who appreciates tastefully assembled and flawlessly performed music.

From the onset, it becomes apparent that these folks poured heart and soul into their latest composition. You’ll immediately stumble upon those soulful, passionate, sincere, confident, emotive, and powerful vocal harmonies, which uplift the entire song structure on a new level, command attention, and guide listening apparatus from scratch to finish. The impressive vocal range seamlessly balances low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse, emphasizing everything Talk In Code intended to achieve with this track. Besides decorating all these segments and orchestrations, these vocal harmonies also contribute more than necessary emotional depth and complexity over an already intricate structure. Also, you’ll notice how those additional vocal layers, back vocals, and sing-alongs give more depth to the song while bringing nearly anthemic vibes. In the meantime, the interplay between synths and guitars shapes a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. Those lush synth leads, themes, melodies, harmonies and other sonic maneuvers shine on one side while the other resonates with catchy, memorable, engaging chord progressions and riffs. It’s nearly mindblowing how all these layers articulate together without overwhelming each other, making this track even more pleasant to the ears. Beneath these impressive synth and guitar maneuvers, you’ll stumble upon all those equally fascinating basslines, lurking around and contributing more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth to the mix. These rich, deep, dense, heavy low-ends also bring more groove and detail to the song. Of course, this track wouldn’t be complete without the exceptional drumming performance. You’ll hear how the expertly assembled, flawlessly performed, perfectly accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while dictating groove and tempo. Talk In Code thought about everything while writing, composing, arranging, recording, and producing their latest single. Each vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver has its place and purpose here, making “More Than Friends” worth repeating over and over again. With so many brilliant ideas and superb musicianship included along the way, Talk In Code showcase a fresh, unique, innovative, exciting side of indie music, proving that this longstanding music genre still has so much to offer. They poured heart and soul, all their experience, knowledge, talent, and skill, crafting a composition that will immediately end up as one of your favorites this year. Talk In Code and their track “More Than Friends” deserve your utmost attention. Therefore, head to your favorite streaming platform and play this track loud!