How the Talking Heads revival fits the Trump era

The band Talking Heads are about to reissue their groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, which was first released in 1977. The Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino comes as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary.

It’s a good moment for the Talking Heads to re-emerge, because they have always represented the creative vitality of pop music — and the ability of New York, and America, to revitalize itself. The band’s ethos fits the Trump era and the new pro-American populism.

In his new book Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock, Jonathan Gould argues that when the Heads emerged in 1970s New York the city, and the country, were hungry for hope and positive energy. The

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