Twin Shadow
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Ask about Twin Shadow, and you're really asking about George Lewis Jr., the band's creative and otherwise frontman who decided, after years of being a musician in various and sundry projects, that it was time for something all his own.
Lewis was born in the Dominican Republic, but grew up in Florida he told us in a recent phone interview. As a teen, he discovered a guitar in a closet that belonged to his father and he started sneaking it out, teaching himself to play. Before long, he was hanging out in coffee shops, finding other people to play with, but, he admits "pretending -- and impersonating" the artist he wanted to be.
Before long, he had moved to Boston and became a part of a band that didn't last -- but "as that band was breaking up," he started getting into older music -- "really getting a foundation in pop music." After some "trial and error," a "tour with a rock band," and some time working as a "musican with a dance company," he wanted to "make something only (he) could answer for."
What he's created is Forget, a full-length album that makes the most of what he's learned and turned it into something that he can not only answer for, but be proud of. It's received a ton of positive reviews and the buzz over it seems to building, particularly after last week's SXSW, which included a performance on behalf of Music Rx ®, a music program that benefits the Children's Cancer Association.
Just off of a tour in Europe and the U.S., which Lewis explains is something that he and his band realize "is a very charmed life. We feel privledged to be able to do music and make that what we do; we really appreciate it." With all of that gratitude, and talent, we're looking forward to what comes next.
Lewis was born in the Dominican Republic, but grew up in Florida he told us in a recent phone interview. As a teen, he discovered a guitar in a closet that belonged to his father and he started sneaking it out, teaching himself to play. Before long, he was hanging out in coffee shops, finding other people to play with, but, he admits "pretending -- and impersonating" the artist he wanted to be.
Before long, he had moved to Boston and became a part of a band that didn't last -- but "as that band was breaking up," he started getting into older music -- "really getting a foundation in pop music." After some "trial and error," a "tour with a rock band," and some time working as a "musican with a dance company," he wanted to "make something only (he) could answer for."
What he's created is Forget, a full-length album that makes the most of what he's learned and turned it into something that he can not only answer for, but be proud of. It's received a ton of positive reviews and the buzz over it seems to building, particularly after last week's SXSW, which included a performance on behalf of Music Rx ®, a music program that benefits the Children's Cancer Association.
Just off of a tour in Europe and the U.S., which Lewis explains is something that he and his band realize "is a very charmed life. We feel privledged to be able to do music and make that what we do; we really appreciate it." With all of that gratitude, and talent, we're looking forward to what comes next.
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