Twist & Fret Live Thursday 27 July 2023 Fuel Café Bar, Manchester
Set List:
When The Sun Don't Shine (cover of Best Coast song) 00:00
Do It Anyway 03:06
Wish She Was You 05:57
Fork In The Road 11:37
Comfort Zone 14:55
All Songs by Twist & Fret Ⓒ + ℗ 2022, 2023 Low Quality Accident Recordings
except: When The Sun Don't Shine by Best Coast
Twist & Fret are:
Sam Burry: guitar, lead vocals.
Patrul Devlin: synthesizer, backing vocals.
A Massive thanks to Andy Callen for organising the gig and regular gigs at Fuel Café Bar, Manchester.
Twist & Fret have two full albums with videos on YouTube and their first album is on SoundCloud, details below.
Review of this third album Twist & Fret - Good Wolf, Bad Wolf by Andy Callen
Hot on the heels of the first two Twist & Fret releases comes 2022's "Good wolf, bad wolf", which demonstrates yet another seismic shift in the musical landscape. The lyrics are sung rather than spoken for the first time, and the heavily treated guitars add more of a postpunk/ indie feel to the ambient jazzy palette. Sam Burry actually half sings/ half speaks the words, and the deadpan delivery is reminiscent of Marc Almond, Terry Hall and Damon Albarn - in fact the overall feel of the music is not a million miles from The Good The Bad and The Queen. The songs are strangely catchy, with several "earworm" choruses. Pick of the bunch to these ears is "Castaway" with its beautiful synth playing and 12 string guitar effects. Most punky is "Fuck off, I'm sensitive", which brings to mind The Fall minus Mark E. Smith's gratuitous nastiness. Adventurous listeners might wish to try "More tea for the Rinpoche" - an extremely angry instrumental if such a thing is possible!
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Review for second album 'Just leaving now, mate' by Andy Callen
2) Their second album, 2020 release “Just leaving now, mate!” is, incredibly, a massive step forward. Although the album contains 2 instrumentals, the appearance for the first time of Sam’s vocals and guitar playing on the majority of the tracks is a game-changer in terms of the meaning and musical richness of T&F’s sound. Rather than singing, Sam uses what could best be described as a beat poetry approach to the expression of his lyrics. The result is a series of urban short stories set to an ever-shifting musical background. From the gym-based obsessiveness of “Working out” to the total dislocation of “Midnight in Romford”, T&F are truly the sound of London’s least fashionable outer suburbs.
The second album is on youtube
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Review for first album 'Rude Awakening' by Andy Callen
1) Twist & Fret hail from the London Borough of Croydon, birthplace of dubstep, grime and (arguably) the British strain of punk rock. The duo combine these influences with ambience and modern jazz to create a form of dance music that you certainly won't have heard before. Their first album “Rude awakening” is comprised of instrumentals which sound like they could be songs, so hooky and insistent are Sam Burry's basslines and Patrul Devlin's keyboard flourishes. Unlike many other electronica acts their music spans the full range of emotions, taking in blissful ambience, melancholy and even in-your-face humour. Also the perfect soundtrack to a long car journey - give the album a try and you'll see!
the first album is here [ Ссылка ]...
soundcloud: twist_and_fret for first album
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Andy Callen is musician, writer, music journalist, music promoter at Manchester's Fuel Cafe Bar, Withington, Manchester and other venues.
'no small act of kindness is ever wasted'
'We are delighted to have had the opportunity to make music together.'
Low Quality Accident Recordings e-mail:
ironic_bodhisattva@hotmail.com
youtube channel: [ Ссылка ]
facebook: www.facebook.com/Twist-Fret-345263519504432/
Twist & Fret are currently working on our fourth album due out 2024
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