Mr Twin Sister, formerly known as Twin Sister, is an American band from New York City. Their music has been described as chill wave, indie pop,Lopez, L.V. "The Class of 2011: An Interview with Twin Sister", Frontier Psychiatrist, August 17th, 2011 dream pop, and disco.Caramanica, Jon, "In the Wee, Steamy Hours, a Wash of Languorous Pop", The New York Times, May 30, 2010 They have been compared to Cocteau TwinsWhite, Chris, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Review" BBC Music, 20 September 2010 and Portishead.Lockwood, Andrew, "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids/Color Your Life Album Review", Contact Music They have toured the US and Europe.
The band members are singer Andrea Estella, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabel D'Amico, guitarist-singer Eric Cardona, and drummer Bryan Ujueta.
History
The band formed in 2008 when the five members of Twin Sister came together to work on Vampires With Dreaming Kids. They relocated to Brooklyn where they built a small following. Their EP Color Your Life was released on Domino Records in the UK"Twin Sister" Domino - Artists and Infinite Best in the USA. Infinite Best Recordings, March 30, 2010
Their song "All Around And Away We Go" was voted No. 59 in the 2010 Pitchfork Media tracks of the year poll"The Top 100 Tracks of 2010" , Pitchfork Media, December 13, 2010 and they were voted at No. 3 in the Best Hope for 2011 section of the readers poll."2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll" Pitchfork Media, January 3, 2011
The 2012 hip-hop hit "The Recipe" by Kendrick Lamar, featuring Dr. Dre and produced by Scoop Deville, sampled Twin Sister's song "Meet the Frownies", as did the 2023 drift phonk song "LOVELY BASTARDS" by yatashigang and ZWE1HVNDXR.
In 2014, the band changed their name from Twin Sister to Mr Twin Sister, following legal threats from the similarly-named 1970s band Twin Sisters.
Andrea Estella replaced Leighton Meester as Carrie Bishop in the Kickstarter-funded film Veronica Mars, released in 2014.
Discography
Studio albums In Heaven (September 27, 2011) Mr Twin Sister (September 23, 2014) Salt (October 25, 2018) Al Mundo Azul (November 19, 2021)
EPs
Vampires With Dreaming Kids (November 1, 2008) Color Your Life (March 30, 2010) Split (with The Luyas) (April 16, 2011) Upright And Even (October 28, 2022)
Compilation Albums
Alternates (March 13, 2010) Mr Twin Sister (Demos, Outtakes, B-Sides) (September 23, 2024)
Singles
Bad Street (September, 2011) Kimmi In a Rice Field / Bad Street Remixes (December, 2011) The Erotic Book (May, 2015) Poor Relations (November, 2016) Jaipur (June, 2018) Power of Two / Echo Arms (August 24, 2018) Diary / Expressions (February, 2021) Polvo (September, 2021) Ballarino (October, 2021) Beezle (November, 2021) Re-sort (November, 2022)
Eric Cardona’s Solo Work
Cell Songs (Album, February 2019) Two Moons (Single, March 2019)
References
External links
Domino Records site Twin sister, Soeurs sourire de la pop in Brain magazine
Reviews New York Times review of a May 30, 2010 concert in Williamsburg, Brooklyn BBC Review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Contact Music review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Drowned In Sound review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life QRO Magazine review of Color Your Life Indiescreent review of Color Your Life Pitchfork review of Color Your Life