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Twin Forks: New Single and UK Tour Dates

• 31st Jan 2014

The roots inspired pop-song ‘Cross My Mind’ is as well-suited to a stadium concert as it is to the intimacy of a campfire get together! A description that describes perfectly Twin Forks much anticipated self-titled debut album, replete with such sticky melodies and soaring boy/girl harmonies.

These, courtesy of front man Chris Carrabba, (vocals/guitars, formerly of Dashboard Confessional) and Suzie Zeldin (vocal/mandolin, formerly of The Narrative). Some may look then at ‘Twin Forks’ as a ‘coming-together’ group of sorts with members of Dashboard Confessional, The Narrative, and Bad Books all part of the band, but for Chris Carrabba it’s not about where they’re from but what their music does. “Whatever makes the audience stomp their feet and sing at the top of their lungs, that’s what I want to be doing,” he says.

Kicking off with the rhythmic bass drum beat of “Can’t Be Broken”, the debut album brims with the sort of visceral and celebratory energy permeates “Cross My Mind”. Whilst the rousing hoedown of tracks like “Back To You” a lovesong singalong just begging for knee-slappin’, hootin’ and hollerin’! While the optimistic balladry of “Plans” twangs and bends in all the right places, reaching an emotion high with its soaring chorus.

“When I started playing acoustic-based music, I wasn’t trying to avoid traditional folk because I didn’t love it — I just loved it so much and didn’t wanna do an injustice to it,” Carrabba notes. “And I had other influences and I thought, why can’t I combine this punk and hardcore feeling with this classic folk feeling -because they were both such massive loves of mine. But right now I’m more excited about utilizing the age-old, time-tested thing and trying to excel within the parameters of a traditional template.”

Pulling together friends from three other bands Carrabba has crafted a sound that balances their punk and alt-rock backgrounds with music of a more traditional flair. They showcased at last year’s SXSW, performed a set at Montreal’s massive Osheaga Festival, and played national tours with Ivan & Alyosha and The Lone Bellow.

Twin Forks on tour in the UK & Ireland in March.

March 17 – London – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
March 18 – Manchester – Deaf Institute
March 19 – Glasgow – King Tut’s
March 20 – Dublin – Whelans
March 22 – Bristol – Louisiana
March 23 – Brighton – The Green Door Store