Single Review


Twin Shadow - Five Seconds


With gritty, synth-laden, simple emotive lyrics, Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis Jr., has produced what I consider the first stand out track of 2012. I've been waiting all year for something to capture my attention but have been left wanting with many of the releases. “Five Seconds” will evoke obvious comparisons to new wave and the Eighties sound and it definitely edges on that nostalgia. Listening to it, one can imagine themselves driving through the water soaked streets of New York City blindly following the black tar, just to get away from that person who “made you cry”. It seems to be that alt-folk music short era is drawing to a close and thanks to artists like Twin Shadow, a more pensive sound is evolving. It's a more than polished single and I can't wait for the entire album, “Confess”, to come out in July.