Mr. Twin Sister

Mr. Twin Sister

Twin Sister, 2011
Background information
Origin Long Island, United States
Genres Chillwave, indie pop, dream pop, electronic, psychedelic pop[1]
Years active 2008–present
Labels [Infinite Best Recordings, Double Six, Domino]
Website mrtwinsister.com
Members Gabe D'Amico
Eric Cardona
Andrea Estella
Udbhay "Dev" Gupta
Bryan Ujueta

Mr. Twin Sister, formerly Twin Sister, is an American band from Long Island. Their music has been described as chill wave,[1] indie pop,[2][3] dream pop, and disco.[4] They have been compared to Cocteau Twins[5] and Portishead.[6] They have toured the US and Europe[7][8] and have so far released three EPs and two LPs.

The band members are singer Andrea Estella, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabe D'Amico, guitarist-singer Eric Cardona, and drummer Bryan Ujueta.[3] The average age of the band was 22 as of September 2010.[1]

History

The band formed in 2008 when the five members of Twin Sister came together to work on Vampires With Dreaming Kids.[8] They relocated to Brooklyn where they built a small following.[2][9] Their EP 'Color Your Life' was released on Domino Records in the UK[10] and Infinite Best in the USA.[11]

Their song 'All Around And Away We Go' was voted No. 59 in the 2010 Pitchfork Media tracks of the year poll[12] and they were voted at No. 3 in the 'Best hope for 2011' section of the readers poll.[13]

The 2012 hip-hop hit 'The Recipe' by Kendrick Lamar featuring Dr. Dre and produced by Scoop Deville samples Twin Sister's song 'Meet the Frownies'.

Andrea Estella replaced Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop in the Kickstarter funded Veronica Mars Movie (2014).[14]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Renshaw, David "Twin Sister - Color Your Life/Vampires With Dreaming Kids", Drowned In Sound, September 7th, 2010
  2. 1 2 Lopez, L.V. "The Class of 2011: An Interview with Twin Sister", Frontier Psychiatrist, August 17th, 2011
  3. 1 2 "Rising: Twin Sister", Pitchfork, April 27, 2010, retrieved July 27, 2010
  4. ↑ Caramanica, Jon, "In the Wee, Steamy Hours, a Wash of Languorous Pop", The New York Times, May 30, 2010
  5. 1 2 White, Chris, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Review" BBC Music, 20 September 2010
  6. ↑ Lockwood, Andrew, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids/Color Your Life Album Review", Contact Music
  7. ↑ Summer Tour with Bear in Heaven, April 28, 2010, retrieved July 27, 2010
  8. 1 2 "UK debut for Twin Sister", The Music Fix, retrieved July 27, 2010
  9. ↑ 2010 Twilight Concert Series, retrieved July 27, 2010
  10. 1 2 "Twin Sister" Domino - Artists
  11. ↑ "Color Your Life" Infinite Best Recordings, March 30, 2010
  12. ↑ "The Top 100 Tracks of 2010", Pitchfork Media, December 13, 2010
  13. ↑ "2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll" Pitchfork Media, January 3, 2011
  14. ↑ "Leighton Meester 'Unavailable' for 'Veronica Mars' Movie; Replaced by Singer Andrea Estella". The Hollywood Reporter. July 14, 2013.

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Reviews

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