Taking a break from his day job with the Killers, drummer Ronnie Vannucci has started a band whose name, he says, is a nod to some of his favourite music: "Big Star, Talking Heads, Big Time by Tom Waits". Would that Big Talk (Vannucci and guitarist Taylor Milne) were a fraction as interesting as the aforementioned, or even more direct influences such as the Cars or the Killers themselves. Stadium-rock bluster and chugging power chords are the order of the day, and occasional songs that begin with the promise of something different, such as "No Whiskey" and "Big Eye", end up veering inexorably towards the same MOR conclusion.