Confess
George Lewis Jr. adopts a bad-boy persona for the pristine follow-up to 2010's Forget. It's a laser-focused, sharply posturing collection that eulogizes the coldness of modern relationships, and the confusion of lust over love.
When Twin Shadow—a.k.a. Dominican artist George Lewis, Jr.—released his debut album Forget in the fall of 2010, his sophisticated bedroom-pop rose above the hazy clamor of other chillwave contenders. Forget staked Twin Shadow’s claim as a formidable ’80s-nostalgist, and his sophomore album, Confess, expands on its…
Big songs that surf the crest separating the sublime and the ridiculous, but succeed through a combination of songwriting skill and sheer bravado.
Much was made of the fact that Twin Shadow's second album was largely inspired by a motorcycle crash George Lewis, Jr. survived, but Confess thrills not just because it savors the triumph of cheating death, but because it celebrates living more chances.
After debut Forget had us falling headlong in love with Twin Shadow’s intimate synth-pop, it’s hard not to approach Confess with second-date jitters. It takes opener Golden Light mere seconds to steady the nerves and renew the crush, as soft wash synths blend with George Lewis Jr.’s tender croon to striking effect.
Call it puppy rock: that unexpected bevy of warm feelings that makes an otherwise glam musician pump out an album full of love songs. But for George Lewis, Jr. (aka the sole proprietor of Twin Shadow), romance has taken a sharp left turn, leaving him with
The quest for the perfect pop song is strewn with the decaying egos of songwriters of yore.
More influenced by motorbikes than melancholy, George Lewis Jr's second album as Twin Shadow is top-notch electro-pop, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>
Twin Shadow’s sophomore effort is emotional and muscular, racing through its pathos-filled contents with speedier, high-energy melodies.
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<p>George Lewis Jr, aka Twin Shadow, evokes 80s pop-rock on his latest, but plays up the finer details rather than the bombast, writes <strong>Rebecca Nicholson</strong></p>