American pop band
Mr Twin Sister , formerly known as Twin Sister ,[2] is an American band from New York City . Their music has been described as chill wave ,[1] indie pop ,[3] [4] dream pop , and disco .[5] They have been compared to Cocteau Twins [6] and Portishead .[7] They have toured the US and Europe[8] [9] and have so far released three EPs and four LPs.
The band members are singer Andrea Estella, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabel D'Amico, and guitarist-singer Eric Cardona.[4] [1]
History [ edit ]
The band formed in 2008 when the five members of Twin Sister came together to work on Vampires With Dreaming Kids .[9] They relocated to Brooklyn where they built a small following.[3] [10] Their EP Color Your Life was released on Domino Records in the UK[11] and Infinite Best in the USA.[12]
Their song "All Around And Away We Go" was voted No. 59 in the 2010 Pitchfork Media tracks of the year poll[13] and they were voted at No. 3 in the Best Hope for 2011 section of the readers poll.[14]
The 2012 hip-hop hit "The Recipe " by Kendrick Lamar , featuring Dr. Dre and produced by Scoop Deville, sampled Twin Sister's song "Meet the Frownies", as did the 2023 drift phonk song "LOVELY BASTARDS" by yatashigang and ZWE1HVNDXR.[15]
In 2014, the band changed their name from Twin Sister to Mr Twin Sister.[2] [why? ]
Andrea Estella replaced Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop in the Kickstarter-funded film Veronica Mars , released in 2014.[16]
Discography [ edit ]
Studio albums [ edit ]
In Heaven (September 27, 2011)
Mr Twin Sister (September 23, 2014)
Salt (October 25, 2018)
Al Mundo Azul (November 19, 2021)
Vampires With Dreaming Kids (November 1, 2008)[6]
Color Your Life (March 30, 2010)[11]
Split (with The Luyas ) (April 16, 2011)
Upright And Even (October 28, 2022)
Compilation Albums [ edit ]
Alternates (March 13, 2010)
Singles [ edit ]
Bad Street (September, 2011)
Kimmi In a Rice Field / Bad Street Remixes (December, 2011)
The Erotic Book (May, 2015)
Poor Relations (November, 2016)
Jaipur (June, 2018)
Power of Two / Echo Arms (August 24, 2018)
Diary / Expressions (February, 2021)[17]
Polvo (September, 2021)
Ballarino (October, 2021)
Beezle (November, 2021)
Re-sort (November, 2022)
Eric Cardona’s Solo Work [ edit ]
Cell Songs (Album, February 2019)
Two Moons (Single, March 2019)
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Renshaw, David "Twin Sister - Color Your Life/Vampires With Dreaming Kids" Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine , Drowned In Sound, September 7th, 2010
^ a b "Mr. Twin Sister, Formerly Twin Sister, Celebrate Name Change With New Track "Out of the Dark" " . Pitchfork . 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2019-12-18 .
^ a b Lopez, L.V. "The Class of 2011: An Interview with Twin Sister" , Frontier Psychiatrist, August 17th, 2011
^ a b "Rising: Twin Sister" , Pitchfork , April 27, 2010, retrieved July 27, 2010
^ Caramanica, Jon, "In the Wee, Steamy Hours, a Wash of Languorous Pop" , The New York Times, May 30, 2010
^ a b White, Chris, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Review" BBC Music, 20 September 2010
^ Lockwood, Andrew, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids/Color Your Life Album Review" , Contact Music
^ Summer Tour with Bear in Heaven , April 28, 2010, archived from the original on July 23, 2012, retrieved July 27, 2010
^ a b "UK debut for Twin Sister" , The Music Fix , retrieved July 27, 2010
^ 2010 Twilight Concert Series , retrieved July 27, 2010
^ a b "Twin Sister" Domino - Artists
^ "Color Your Life" Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine Infinite Best Recordings, March 30, 2010
^ "The Top 100 Tracks of 2010" Archived 2010-12-16 at the Wayback Machine , Pitchfork Media, December 13, 2010
^ "2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll" Pitchfork Media, January 3, 2011
^ "Meet the Frownies by Mr Twin Sister" . WhoSampled . Retrieved 3 November 2023 .
^ "Leighton Meester 'Unavailable' for 'Veronica Mars' Movie; Replaced by Singer Andrea Estella" . The Hollywood Reporter . July 14, 2013.
^ "Release group "Diary / Expressions" by Mr Twin Sister - MusicBrainz" . musicbrainz.org . Retrieved 2021-04-13 .
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Reviews [ edit ]