In Heaven
Long Island’s Twin Sister sounds more like a band hatched somewhere in England, with a sound that’s pure mystical embrace. The electronics are therapeutic, creating and releasing tension as the situation calls. Singer Andrea Estella is bumped up in the mix, so tracks like “Luna’s Theme” and “Gene Ciampi” take on an almost Stereolab-type glow. There are pop hooks bouncing off the walls of tunes as different as “Saturday Sunday,” “Space Babe,” and the muted grace of “Daniel.” The sound is tighter on the group’s debut album than on its previous two EPs, a graduation of sound that befits a band moving up in notice and accomplishment. The guitar licks of “Stop” fuel the duet between Estella and guitarist Eric Cardona. “Eastern Green” clings closer to traditional song structure while still evoking elements of pop, disco, R&B, and gothic charm. It’s deceptively lightweight. The album standout “Kimmi in a Rice Field” layers sound on sound yet floats to the surface.
The Long Island quintet's debut LP is a crisp-sounding, nuanced album that highlights all the right things about the band, further proving there's more to the group than pretty bedroom pop. They run the gamut from Stereolab-like lounge-pop to R&B-flecked Young Marble Giants minimalism.
New York dream-pop outfit Twin Sister turned all the right ears with its first two EPs, 2008’s Vampires With Dreaming Kids and last year’s Color Your Life. Those 10 songs of see-what-sticks experiments simmered with the vibrancy of a band finding its sound, but on the full-length In Heaven, Twin Sister appears to…
So much about In Heaven, the full-length debut from Long Island quintet Twin Sister, could be boring as hell: The music…
Why are Twin Sister that much easier to love than most acts slapped with the chillwave tag? First, they’ve got Andrea Estella and her delicious malted milkshake of a voice.