The Twang Reveal New Song

The Twang have unveiled a new song, titled The Wobble, taken from their upcoming fourth album, due out in 2014. Have a listen here.

Best Of 2012: #15

#15 - The Twang - 10:20

If nothing, at least The Twang are consistent. All their albums are filled with catchy tunes, none more so than this one, but never really stray too far from a defined sound, although the lyrics have improved quite a lot from their debut's slightly cringey rants about neighbours! 10:20, named after an angry note the band found taped to their studio (immortalised in the album's artwork) due to (another!) unhappy neighbour, is filled with the band's best tunes yet. Take Mainline, with its massive statement of a chorus: 'You ain't got nothing if you ain't got love', or Last Laugh, with its fantastic opening riff - that unfortunately doesn't really pop up again. A lot of songs were released long before this one; the obvious single We're A Crowd; Paradise, which also has a great riff to kick it all off; and a couple songs off an early 2011 EP - Guapa, with its subtler, more peaceful verses and then a punch to the face with the chorus, and Whoa Man, perhaps the lightest moment on the record, and the shortest (not counting intro track Neptune). But generally, the best of The Twang's three albums, but they have yet to create an absolutely outstanding record - all of their output so far would probably get around the same rating from me.

RECOMMEND: Mainline, We're A Crowd, Last Laugh
LOW POINTS: Take This On, Strangers

The Twang - 10:20

Artwork

Tracklist
01. Neptune
02. Mainline
03. We're A Crowd
04. Take This On
05. Last Laugh
06. Beer, Wine And Sunshine
07. Paradise
08. Whoa Man
09. Tomorrow
10. It Ain't You
11. Guapa
12. Strangers

The album will be released on October 29th. It has spawned several songs already - Guapa and Whoa Man were released on the Guapa EP in February of last year; Paradise was released as a free download in August last year; We're A Crowd was a single earlier this year; and Mainline is the most recent single.

The album was originally set to be released on March 5th this year, but after further sessions, the album seems to have gained three tracks - Neptune, Mainline and Beer, Wine And Sunshine - and lost one (Wait Forever).

The Twang Unveil New Song

The Twang have revealed the next song to be taken from their new album, 10:20, titled Mainline. You can have a listen here. It follows Guapa, Paradise and We're A Crowd, which were released between early 2011 and early 2012. The album will be released on October 29th.

The Twang Announce New Album Details

The Twang have announced that their third album will be released on October 29th, and it is called "10:20" as previously reported. The band were set to release the album back in March after a couple of singles; namely "Paradise" and "We're A Crowd". However, they chose to undertake further sessions for the album, resulting in this new release. The first single from this will be "Mainline".

As for the older tracks, it is unclear whether they are going to be on the new album or not, but details will follow. Possible songs include "Last Laugh", "It Ain't You", "Take This On", "Tomorrow", "Wait Forever", "Strangers" and two songs included on the band's 2011 EP "Guapa" - namely, "Whoa Man" and the title track of the EP, "Guapa" itself.

Some New Twang Album Details

There has been a bit of confusion about the Twang's upcoming third album. So far we know that it is called 10:20 for sure. There has been talk of a release date of 5th March floating around, but I think we would have heard something by now if that were the case. (Could be, though). We have very low resolution versions of the artwork (view here) and also we have a tracklist:

01. Last Laugh
02. Paradise
03. We're A Crowd
04. Whoa Man
05. Guapa
06. It Ain't You
07. Take This On
08. Tomorrow
09. Wait Forever
10. Strangers

Whether any of this information is true remains to be seen, but hopefully we'll have updates for you on here if and when we get them.

UPDATE: The album has been pushed back to an autumn release.

The Twang To Release Third Album

Following up from today's news that the band would be releasing a new single, We're A Crowd, in two weeks time, it has now been announced that the band will release their third album, entitled 10:20, later in the year.

No other information has been released other than it will include We're A Crowd and Paradise, a free download offered a few months back.

The Twang To Release New Single

The Twang have announced they will release We're A Crowd, the first single from their new, currently untitled third album, which is due for release this year. The single itself is out 13th February, and follows Paradise, which was a free download in summer last year.

You can listen to the single here.

New Twang Album

This has been old news for a while, but it has somehow slipped past me. The Twang's new album, currently untitled, is due for a January 2012 release. The band have released a song, Paradise, as a free download if you 'like' their page on Facebook. The album is the band's third, following Love It When I Feel Like This (2007) and Jewellery Quarter (2009).

Best Of 2009 - #15 - #11

Jack Peñate - Everything Is New
7/10

His debut was one of my least favourite albums of 2007, but this new album is a welcome change in direction. It sounds great; I like all the songs bar Give Yourself Away, but songs such as Be The One and Tonight's Today are very good indeed.

The Twang - Jewellery Quarter
7/10
Original review here.

Metric - Fantasies
7/10
I discovered this album quite recently, even though it was released in spring. From the moment I heard the opener, Help I'm Alive, I knew I was going to like this. I was very happy to prove myself right. Sick Muse and Gimme Sympathy are perhaps the best on the album, but every song is good. The closer, Stadium Love, is also another favourite, along with Gold Guns Girls.

The View - Which Bitch?
8/10
Original review here.

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
8/10
Original review here.

Album Review: The Twang - Jewellery Quarter

Album: Jewellery Quarter
Artist: The Twang
Singles: Another Bus (free download), Barney Rubble

The Twang's first album, Love It When I Feel Like This, was good, but far from perfect. Catchy songs such as Either Way and Two Lovers were standout tracks, but there were bad songs such as The Neighbour and Loosely Dancing. Here, unfortunately, is pretty much the same story. But that is not to say the band have completely flunked their second album.

Took The Fun
Maracas launch the second album. It's less than epic, but this first song is catchy enough, with a good piano accompaniment. It makes you want to sing along with the "la-la-la-la-lo..." bit.

Barney Rubble
Whilst it's not the best track on the album, it was a good choice for first single. It's catchy despite its simple guitar part, and it grows on you after a few listens.

Twit Twoo
The Twang and synths, if you asked me before I heard this, would not work. I'm glad to see I was wrong. Powerful drums join the synth opening before a soft "oooh..." joins the fray. The chorus keeps up the catchiness of the start of this album.

Put It On The Dancefloor
"Ah..." begins the song, before a good rhythm begins. They seem to like to abandon lyrics in favour of ahs and ohs etc. Never mind, it's great. This song should be a single in future.

May I Suggest
Ah, that's where the brilliant, dare I say beautiful, songs like Two Lovers from album one went. This is another great track, slower than most on this album, but wonderful nonetheless.

Encouraging Sign
A quick, catchy guitar part leads this song in. The chorus is one of the best things on this album.

Got No Interest
At this point, after six great tracks, you expect a seventh. Unfortunately, this is where the album begins to sag a bit. This one's not very memorable.

Back Where We Started
This one is another bad one. The chorus isn't as catchy as others on the album, and they've copied their Either Way trick of talking in their song. Difference is, on Either Way, it worked.

Answer My Call
And now, my least favourite. An attempt to slowly build up to a great ending fails. You can hear the build up, but the song seems too much like filler on this album. It drags on for too long as well. At least the previous tracks knew to stop before four minutes.

Live The Life
Placing the worst track before the best track (this one) just makes this even better. Another simple yet great guitar part opens this song, before some more great drums and a brooding bassline. These all lead up to the greatest chorus of the album: "So live the life you love, and your life will love you..." Immensely catchy.

Williamsburg
I don't know what to make of this track. It sounds good when I'm listening to it, but afterwards I don't feel as though it was good. It has grown on me a bit, though, but it's certainly not the best.

Another Bus
Well, at least after a generally bad second half (save for Live The Life) the band close with another beautiful ending, released as a free download in May. A suitable closer.

Well, in general, this is about as good as their debut. Two differences, though; firstly, on Love It When I Feel Like This, the bad tracks were spread out (The Neighbour at #3, Loosely Dancing at #7 and Got Me Sussed at #10) whereas here they're all next to each other, which can take away some of the greatness built up in the first half.
Secondly, there is not much that you want to play over and over again (for me, only Barney Rubble and Live The Life) whereas their debut had me listening to Ice Cream Sundae, Either Way, Two Lovers and Cloudy Room over and over. Still, it's not better than their debut but not worse. So I'll give it the same score.

I'm assuming you can guess I gave their debut 7/10 as well.

Listen To The Twang's New Album

From Monday, we7.com will be streaming Jewellery Quarter in full, a week before release.

Jewellery Quarter Previews

You can hear 30 seconds of all Jewellery Quarter tracks on iTunes now.
The album will be released on August 3.

Opening Track From Jewellery Quarter

The Twang have released the first song from Jewellery Quarter onto their their MySpace page. It is called "Took The Fun". It's quite catchy - their second album's set to be great.

And what's more... there'll be new tracks each Monday until the release of the album on 3rd August. This means two new songs on the 20th and the 27th.

Jewellery Quarter Info

The Twang's second album has indeed been pushed back to a new release date of 3rd August. It will be preceded by Barney Rubble on the 27th July.

But now, the good news. I have the tracklisting and the artwork...



TRACKLISTING
01. Took The Fun
02. Barney Rubble
03. Twit Twoo
04. Put It On The Dancefloor
05. May I Suggest
06. Encouraging Sign
07. Got No Interest
08. Back Where We Started
09. Answer My Call
10. Live The Life
11. Williamsburg
12. Another Bus

ARTWORK

Barney Rubble Release Pushed Back

The release date for The Twang's new single, Barney Rubble, is now 27th July. It is unknown whether this affects the original album release date of 20th July. If it does, the album will most likely be released on the 3rd August.

Some More News

Klaxons have renamed previously announced song "Valley of the Calm Trees" to "The Parhelion." They have also announced a new song: "Marble Fields And The Hydrolight Head Of Delusion." The re-recorded album is intended to be released in autumn.

The Twang say the artwork for their second album, Jewellery Quarter, has been finalised.

Hadouken! have announced a new song will be released in July, and their album has been finished.

Single Review: The Twang - Barney Rubble

Single: Barney Rubble
Artist: The Twang
Album: Jewellery Quarter

Despite sounding slightly like a ripoff of Doves' "There Goes The Fear", the new Twang tune is catchy enough. However, it doesn't sound quite as good as some of the singles from their debut, Love It When I Feel Like This. Hopefully it's a grower.

7/10

Barney Rubble's First Play

Finally, a bit of music news I care about!

Anyway, Barney Rubble, the first single from The Twang's upcoming album Jewellery Quarter, will be played for the first time on Zane Lowe's show tomorrow (Wednesday 27th), from 19:00 GMT.

The Twang - New Album

The Twang's second album will be called Jewellery Quarter, and will have twelve tracks.
You can download a free download of Another Bus, the first release, here.
It will be the last track (the twelfth) on the album.

The first proper single, Barney Rubble, will be released on July 6th.
The album will follow on either the 13th or 20th July.

Other tracks rumoured to be included are:

• Put It On The Dancefloor
• Got No Interest
• Encouraging Sign
• Back Where We Started
• Live The Life You Love
• Took The Fun