In this day and age, dropping an album four years after its predecessor counts as a “comeback.” So here it is: Mr Twin Sister, your favorite Long Island “dream & blues” band, is coming back. The now-four piece has announced that their third LP, titled Salt, will be released on October 25. They have also shared “Tops and Bottoms,” their fourth single this year. Oh yeah, and they’re going on tour. Yup; full-on COMEBACK.
Why is the album titled Salt? What — or who — is Salt?
Well, since you asked: according to the press release, it’s “depthless, wandering, wanting, reliant, trapped, restless, waiting, wished upon, released, cinched, trimmed, unseen, erased, outsung, seen, rewatched, unknown,” and a slew of other descriptors. But it’s ALSO the name of a marionette built from wood, pearls, and fabric by leader Andrea Estella and featured on the cover of the LP; an LP that continues the band’s “pursuit of tightly arranged, pop-informed interpretations of American song forms (r&b, funk, jazz, electro).”
Salt can be pre-ordered through Bandcamp, where you can also listen to another 2018 Mr Twin Sister song that made the cut: “Jaipur.” Check out “Tops and Bottoms” below, as well as that puppet-adorned cover art I mentioned and those North American tour dates I promised you earlier:
Salt tracklisting:
01. Keep on Mixing
02. Alien FM
03. Koh-I-Noor
04. Buy to Return
05. Tops and Bottoms
06. Deseo
07. Taste in Movies
08. Jaipur
09. Set Me Free
Mr Twin Sister tour dates:
10.18.18 - Allston, MA - Great Scott
10.19.18 - Providence, RI - Fete Lounge
10.20.18 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
10.21.18 - Washington, D.C. - DC9
10.25.18 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
11.02.18 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
11.03.18 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
11.04.18 - Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress
11.05.18 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister
11.07.18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
11.08.18 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
11.10.18 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
11.11.18 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
11.12.18 - Portland, OR - Holocene
11.14.18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Shop
11.16.18 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
11.17.18 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
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