Twin Tribes

When it comes to the much-publicised post-punk revival of recent years, Twin Tribes undoubtedly hold a special position – not just in the USA, but also internationally. The duo – consisting of multi-instrumentalists Luis Navarro and Joel Niño – celebrate the dark side of the genre, garnished with goth rock pastiche and a hyper-melodic coldwave foundation. Of course, it sounds nostalgic as hell, but the Texan duo also add all kinds of fresh accents, such as acoustic guitar chords and shimmering synthwaves. A clear development can be seen from their debut album, ‘Shadows’ (2018), to ‘Pendulum’, which was released last year. And the results never fail to impress time and time again with fantastic production values and an anthemic sound. Here, melancholy meets a somehow-liberating resignation, and the view inwards ignites a change of perspective on the outside. Accordingly, there is hardly a band at the moment that does so well at capturing the attitude to life of a time that is beginning to shatter due to its own contradictions. But Twin Tribes do so with stylistic confidence and a great feel for goosebump-inducing harmonies.