Mr Twin Sister (formerly Twin Sister
) is an American band from
New York City
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. Their music has been described as
chill wave
Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It loosely emulates 1980s electropop while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia. Common features inc ...
,
indie pop
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,
[Lopez, L.V]
"The Class of 2011: An Interview with Twin Sister"
Frontier Psychiatrist, August 17th, 2011dream pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...
, and
disco. They have been compared to
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instru ...
[White, Chris]
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BBC Music, 20 September 2010 and
Portishead. They have toured the US and Europe
and have so far released three
EPs and three LPs.
The band members are singer Andrea Estella, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabe D'Amico, and guitarist-singer Eric Cardona.
History
The band formed in 2008 when the five members of Twin Sister came together to work on ''Vampires With Dreaming Kids''.
They relocated to Brooklyn where they built a small following.
Their EP 'Color Your Life' was released on
Domino Records Domino Records may refer to:
* Domino Records (1916), American producer of early phonograph, from 1916 to 1917
*Domino Records (1924), American record label, from 1924 to 1933
* Domino Records (Canada), produced by the Compo Company in the 1920s a ...
in the UK
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Domino - Artists and Infinite Best in the USA.
Their song 'All Around And Away We Go' was voted No. 59 in the 2010
Pitchfork Media
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Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
tracks of the year poll and they were voted at No. 3 in the 'Best hope for 2011' section of the readers poll.
The 2012 hip-hop hit '
The Recipe' by
Kendrick Lamar
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featuring
Dr. Dre
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and produced by Scoop Deville
samples Twin Sister's song 'Meet the Frownies'.
In 2014, the band changed their name from "Twin Sister" to "Mr Twin Sister".
Andrea Estella replaced
Leighton Meester
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as Carrie Bishop in the Kickstarter-funded
''Veronica Mars'' movie, released in 2014.
Discography
Studio albums
*''In Heaven'' (September 27, 2011)
*''Mr Twin Sister'' (September 23, 2014)
*''Salt'' (October 25, 2018)
*''Al Mundo Azul'' (November 19, 2021)
EPs
* ''Vampires With Dreaming Kids'' (November, 2008)
* ''Color Your Life'' (March, 2010)
* ''Split'' (with
The Luyas
The Luyas are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
History
The Luyas did their first live performance in December 2006. Their first album, ''Faker Death'' came out in August 2007, and was re-released in Januar ...
) (April, 2011)
Singles
* ''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, 2018)
* ''Diary / Expressions'' (February, 2021)
Eric Cardona’s Solo Work
* ''Cell Songs'' (Album, February 2019)
* ''Two Moons'' (Single, March 2019)
References
External links
*
Domino Records siteTwin sister, Soeurs sourire de la popin
Brain magazine
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Reviews
New York Times review of a May 30, 2010 concert in Williamsburg, BrooklynBBC Review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your LifeContact Music review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your LifeDrowned In Sound review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life
QRO Magazine review of Color Your LifeIndiescreent review of Color Your LifePitchfork review of Color Your Life
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Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)
Musical groups established in 2008
Musical groups from Long Island
2008 establishments in New York (state)
Domino Recording Company artists
Musical groups from Brooklyn