{"id":18383,"date":"2013-10-01T20:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=18383"},"modified":"2013-10-01T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:07:56","slug":"twin-forks-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2013\/10\/twin-forks-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Forks EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In summary: Infectious, happy, energetic and what music is missing\u2026<\/p>\n

My hand is up, yep, I admit it, I love Dashboard Confessional, there\u2019s just something about Chris Carrabba\u2019s words and music that resinate with me, and now with Dashboard on a break here he is with his new project called Twin Forks, and within its opening bars it\u2019s here for one thing, to put a smile on your face. \u2018Back To You\u2019 is the prefect introduction to the band and this self-titled EP, with its foot stomping, almost folk rock influences it is just damn fun to listen to. I get the feeling this EP will continue along the same vein and I\u2019m right with \u2018Something We Just Know\u2019 a song you can picture a gang singing along to, not a gang, I mean a gang of friends, I can\u2019t see Bloods or Crips singing it, but picture a party of friends sitting around and jamming this one, that\u2019s how it feels to me, and it makes you smile.<\/p>\n

Oh cool, whistles, \u2018Cross My Mind\u2019 sounds like it should be either in a TV promo spot or rolling over the credits of the happiest movie you\u2019ve ever watched, the amazing balance and production underlying on this one lets us hear the instruments perfectly, the mandolin a stand out and some brilliant clean guitar is just as crisp as the grass a winter morning. Lyrically it\u2019s perfectly Carrabba at what he\u2019s known as, and I refuse to use that swear word they use to describe his music, you know, the E word, yuck, but his lyrics are heartfelt and you understand these songs, they\u2019re happy, they\u2019re folky and they do rock.<\/p>\n

Here we go, \u2018Can\u2019t Be Broken\u2019 I like you, you can stay. The vocals here and the balance between Chris and Suzie from the band work like PB and J, like a dream and the build within this track makes it my favourite on the EP, another foot stomping slab of goodness right here and musically, I\u2019m a sucker for a great chord progression and BOOM, great chord progression. Thanks Twin Forks. \u00a0Closing out the album is the very Dropkick Murphys meets Gaslight Anthem styled song with \u2018Scraping Up The Pieces\u2019 and its Celtic-esque goodness, it\u2019s built to be a crowd sing along, and will be that\u2019s for sure. I can\u2019t say much more than that, but let\u2019s look at the EP overall with a few words\u2026<\/p>\n

Infectious, happy, energetic and what music is missing\u2026 I mean I know we live in an age of Mumford & Sons and the likes with this somewhat sort of style of music, but this is as good if not better, well I instantly think it\u2019s better and should be, scratch that, need to be heard, as this has more heart than a game of Operation and trust me, this is a band and an EP that may give you a shock if you touch the sides, but only a shock of how good this actually is. Sit down with it, smile with it and do what I did and swear when there were only five tracks to listen to. I can\u2019t wait to hear more from Twin Forks , so if you just want to be happy for fifteen or so minutes, then check this one out.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 Boca Raton, FL, USA<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 20 September 2013<\/p>\n

Label:<\/strong> Dine Alone Records \/ Cooking Vinyl Australia<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.twinforksmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n<\/strong>Back To You
\nSomething We Just Know
\nCross My Mind
\nCan\u2019t Be Broken
\nScraping Up The Pieces<\/p>\n\n

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