Mr Twin Sister

despite not being totally sold on the new album yet, i went to their show last nite and it was fantastic

They were magical in SF. 'Tops and Bottoms' really clicked for me. The vocal distortion jumping jacks she would do are really effective live!

'Salt' is finally getting a vinyl release!

https://mrtwinsister.bandcamp.com/album/salt

So I've been thinking about the early years when they were just called Twin Sister. This era gets imo unfairly neglected, probably because the only LP they put out then ("In Heaven") is easily the worst thing they've ever released. But! This was the time I first got into the group - I heard All Around And Away We Go at the end of 2010 and obsessed over them between then and the release of In Heaven the next year - they used to have everything free to download from their blog including heaps of demos and snippets, at one point they seemed to be putting something up there every day. The best of it was earth-shattering (I still consider All Around And Away We Go one of my favourite tracks of all time, perfect example of being utterly derivative and utterly transcendent at the same time), most was of a much lower quality though.

So I've sifted through these 80 or so tracks and ended up with mostly stuff from EPs and the LP, but I think it's a good introduction to the early days of the group. Love how they seem to be trying on completely different sounds with each track at first. Oh, and the two demos at the start can (maybe) be skipped if you want to get to the actual songs, but I wanted it to go in chronological order so there they stay.

It's in the form of a mix because I shouldn't put mp3s up here obvs, however if want to put it together yourself then the demos they are still easily findable online from the good ole mp3 blog era, and the other tracks are available for sale

Mix is here - https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/twin-sister-2009-2011/ - probably will need to rehost once mixcloud twigs what it is.

01 - October 23rd 2009 (Demo, 2009) - 0:00
02 - Ribbon Bow (Demo, 2009) - 2:19
03 - The Other Side of Your Face (Color Your Life, 2010) - 5:29
04 - Milk & Honey (Color Your Life, 2010) - 12:14
05 - All Around and Away We Go (Color Your Life, 2010) - 17:08
06 - Phenomenons (Color Your Life, 2010) - 21:29
07 - Lady Daydream (live on Big Ugly Yellow Couch, 2010) - 24:27
08 - Ginger (Vampires With Dreaming Kids, 2010) - 28:34
09 - Nectarine (Vampires With Dreaming Kids, 2010) - 32:28
10 - Meet the Frownies (Split Single with The Luyas, 2011) - 35:35
11 - Stop (In Heaven, 2011) - 39:36
12 - Bad Street (In Heaven, 2011) - 43:36
13 - Space Babe (In Heaven, 2011) - 48:14

@mfktz, is there a way to make that available in the US? Would love to dig into that era more. I personally love "In Heaven" but they've obviously taken leaps and bounds since then. Almost criminal how underrated this band is.

Blocked already - hm let's try soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/james-errington-769931947/twin-sister-2009-2011

The first music video we've released in...7 years. Three more on the way.https://t.co/6PaWjEI9Z6

— Mr Twin Sister (@twinsistermusic) March 4, 2019

heard from friends who saw them recently & chatted with them for a while after the show that they're planning to release new music next year. really hope that eventuates, very much looking forward to anything new from them

Ah, such a magical show last night. Been dying to see them since Color Your Life but it makes sense that only "All Around.." remains on the setlist. That sounded better than ever, somehow. There was a new song, confirmed they're still pushing forward :)

!!

Two new singles for you, available now https://t.co/iMOKwGYG0e

— Mr Twin Sister (@twinsistermusic) February 26, 2021

love the first one especially

very nice!

the world's best band

agree that the first one is superior, but i'm loving the chic organization energy of the second one

I’m loving “Expressions”

they really are the best band

I love the second one, but they’re both very good omens for the rest of the album.

Fabulous stuff!

i love these, especially "expressions". what a good band

they remain perfect

Now on Spotify (and I presume other streaming services)

man, Salt is such an incredible record

it's exquisite. i'm so excited for what comes next!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVxNW6ElX7Y

new single "polvo" from new album al mundo azul!!!

this... is not doing much for me :|

the singles from earlier this year were much stronger but i don't think this is bad

i like

it’s really good

greatest band in the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IApxTeNlZEE

nice!

ballarino valentino

album out nov 19

i like it more than "polvo"

yeah, like this one more than "Polvo"

new alb coming 11/19

https://mrtwinsister.bandcamp.com/album/al-mundo-azul?from=fanpub_fnb

oh sorry ufo.

title is ‘al mondo azul,’

aoty

ooh "fantasy" is on the tracklist, they've been playing that live for ages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElyEtVzAF9Q

also really glad "diary" and "expressions" are on the tracklist, i was a bit worried they might not be after "power of two" and "echo arms" were left off last time

lol Brad

"echo arms" is still one of my favs of theirs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmAd9Cw7VfY

not as enamoured with this one tbh, the video is the wrong side of goofy and doesn't help either

it's fine but not really anything more?

this album seems to be going for chintzier sounds over the lush ones they preferred before

the video is very them

i actually love this one lol

oh "fantasy" rules so much

very good album once again

oh hi i finally listened to them and they rule

Loving this new album on first listen

rt

liking it a lot on first listen, tho not as immediately enraptured as i was with salt. love the dubby track ("pine"), that one is lots of fun, and "ballerino" sounds even better in album context