This is the newest offering from Los Angeles' TWITCHING TONGUES. If you don't know anything about TT, it's dudes from RUCKUS, CREATURES, and ALPHA & OMEGA playing TYPE O NEGATIVE/ONLY LIVING WITNESS style hardcore. Real riff laden and singy. This stuff usual ain't my style but these dudes do it well. This EP features two new songs and a cover of PENTAGRAM'S "Forever My Queen". Lyrically it deals with love and heartbreak and such. Musically I definitely think it's a progression from their demo that came out last year (which is also featured on the CD version of I & I).
I & I kicks off with the title track, which starts off with some acoustic guitar before it kicks in hard, before going to back to acoustic guitar and coming back even harder. The mosh part at the end of this song makes me want to rip skyscrapers in half. The second track, "Voluntary Confinement", is real up-tempo and bouncy, lots of grove. Song also ends with a couple of sweet mosh parts. Travis from MINUS/FELL TO LOW drops some vocals on this track too and it sounds awesome.
If any of this sounds like your jam, pick it up. Catch TWITCHING TONGUES on their full US tour with summer with EXPIRE, SOUL SEARCH, and MINUS.
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- Gutto
