“Talons blew the fucking place apart! There’s a cut-throat brutality to their sound, a brittle teeth-grinding severity that’s distinctively un-Melbourne in a way – an underlying cynicism indicative of Sydney life perhaps? We pride ourselves on the quality of rock music coming out of this town, but my word when Sydney produces diamonds they are jagged, robust little fuckers and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is. Talons blew my fragile little mind and turned a killer night into one of the gigs of the year.” - INPRESS (MELBOURNE) – MAY 2009
“Their EP is some of the best music you will hear this year and if it didn’t leave us with such a thirst for more it would certainly be a clear frontrunner for our favourite release of 2007.” www.polaroidsofandroids.com
“Sydney’s Talons sound as though they’re from another generation of Australian punk… Yet it’s not a certain time period I’m hearing, it’s timelessness.” www.ravemagazine.com.au
“Thundering out of your speakers with unnatural force, Ducats is a punk rock EP of the highest order –. Talons are one of Sydney’s tightest live bands right now, but luckily, their songs lose none of their power when transferred to tape.” www.timeoutsydney.com.au
“It’s raw stuff, and gloriously so….[Talons] could well end up fostering quite a deservedly wide fan base, despite their brutally noisy tendencies.” www.dbmagazine.com.au