Twin Shadow: Brace

Featuring Rainsford, “Brace” appears on Twin Shadow’s Caer—the first LP to be released since the band’s tour bus accident, and frontman George Lewis Jr’s subsequent reconstructive hand surgery. It may borrow those pulsing synths from Art of Noise’s “Moments in Love” and chords from Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin,” but the complete track is entirely Twin Shadow. The song undulates seamlessly from verse to chorus, and …

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Twin Shadow: Turn Me Up “Turn Me Up” is Twin Shadow’s first track in months after a brief hiatus. Continuing in the same synth-tinged vein, the new release feels somehow grander than previous efforts—more stadium anthem than basement bar. Taxie: Rock Don’t Stop Announced during a recent NTS Radio set with Four Tet, UK producer Floating Points is launching a new record label in the …

Twin Shadow: Turn Me Up

In 2010 George Lewis Jr released his first album as Twin Shadow. Seemingly pulled out of the ’80s New Wave scene with startling accuracy, Lewis captivated audiences with his 2012 follow-up Confess, along with a string of noteworthy, memorable performances. “Turn Me Up” is Lewis’s first track in months after a brief hiatus. Continuing in the same synth-tinged vein, the new release feels somehow grander …