twin sister Not because they deliberately sing about sex, but because their muscular dance music sexyLike Picasso, sexy as a man wearing a satin button-up with only one button. Martini Sexy enough to leave red lipstick on the rim of his glass (and notice the lipstick has moved to his chin).Twin Sister’s latest work upright and uniform Following a string of decadent albums, the slim four-song EP flourishes in this macho but unsultry realm of cocktail lounge house.
group’s self-proclaimed superior 2014 album A hedonistic moment of self-discovery expressed in a sleeker, urban groove.last year’s Al Mundo Azul The late night disco pop offering was enjoyable, if a little less satisfying. upright and uniform Exists in a similar universe of night where everything feels at ease. You look great and you feel better. I’m wearing slacks made of a material that will surely catch fire if I’m not careful. The sax drifts into strobing synths on the brief opener “Tommie,” creating a whirlwind of ’90s house and disco with glimmers of trip-hop, as if a DJ were about to play. crystal waters chase it with some Gilbert GillOn the rustic and somewhat underproduced “Me Contuviste,” frontwoman Andrea Estella sings in Spanish over a meaty bassline that sounds like she’s got a grin tattooed on her face.
The highlight of the EP is “Resort”, a propulsive seven-and-a-half minutes that goes by quickly. A song for people who go to the club to dance, not to waste time. Estella sings. Think of it like Simian Mobile Disco‘Sleezy Notice’s Jam’Hustler,” but for Lotharios who love the French touch. Instead of stealing her records, Estella is trying to get another club goer to buy all her own drinks with her Amex. Its lyrics are so specific that you can almost see the card’s hologram glowing under her disco ball. The instrumentation sharpens around Estella’s words. Synths burrow deep into the low-end, her drum machines rumble, saxophones materialize in heavy exhalations, speeding forward, plunging deep into the dark-lit club floor, and crowds of people on the bus. Clown by car towards the food stall in the room.
upright and uniform Exists to Dance: As an EP, it’s more in keeping with West End maxi singles than a recap of the rest of the songs that some bands might release between studio albums. Mr Twin Sister is not the first to employ this strategy. Something similar in 2018 Power of Two / Echo Arms, It was more candy bubbles than strong dance music. upright and uniform is more successful. It shows real economic sense. I feel like I have nothing left. Each song is a fully realized sip. It is self-aware and mature. In a word, sexy.