***“SWEET TALK are an Austin based quartet fronted/founded by former UPTOWN BUMS guitarist/vocalist STEPHENN SVACINA, who a few of you might know from his additional guitar work alongside Mark Ryan in Denton, TX’s MIND SPIDERS. Flanked by WICCANS / VIDEO BRAIN ATTACK bassist HARPAL ASSAI and southpaw guitar wiz / Ft. Wayne transplant MITCH FRAZIER (CHURCH SHOES), Svacina’s Sweet Talk were likened by a peer to something that ‘combined the best parts of Cheap Trick, early UK power pop and the dual guitar work of Thin Lizzy.’ Sure, that's rarefied company, but in the last year, Sweet Talk have become one of the best live bands in a region that isn’t exactly hurting for good ones. I’d say they’ve made the leap from crazily-catchy to downright transcendent in record time, but it’s not like I’ve been standing around with a stopwatch. You’ll find out for yourself when Sweet Talk hit the road in 2013. Pickup Lines was co-produced by the band and EVAN KLEINECKE and recorded during the summer of 2012. Drummer TROY TABNER (PHARAOHS) has since been replaced by MARLEY JONES (60 MINUTE MEN)”—12XU