Lead singer Gabe Levine says Takka Takka's 2008 release, Migration, is about about existing in a place you don't belong, but conversely, it is about where you came from and how you got there.  Song topics cover the full gamut of prayer, offering, poverty, culture, race, family, volcanos and more. The album was produced by by Sean Greenhalgh of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and blends styles, cultures and genres.  The album also  features performance help from Bryan Devendorf of The National, Lee Sargent of CYHSY, Olga Bell of Bell, and Charles Burst.

The Brooklyn band is one of the more progressive in the class of talent coming out of NYC these days, but as is often the case, their substance over style approach seems to be criminally under-appreciated by the masses.  They draw comparisons to Talking Heads, Paul Simon, 70s-era Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno as well as contemporaries like Vampire Weekend.

MP3 Session Downloads:

Takka Takka - Beware Beware
Takka Takka - Everybody Say
Takka Takka - Monkey Forest / Silence

Recorded and Mixed by Jeff DuPont and Matt Parton
Filmed and Edited by Doug Fellegy