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Soft Riot remixes Window Twins in The...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:53:22 -0500

Soft Riot remixes Window Twins in The Fader!

http://www.thefader.com/tag/window-twins/

Pitchfork on Window Twins -...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:51:14 -0500

Pitchfork on Window Twins - Wish…

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17470-wish/

Window Twins reviewed by Consequence of Sound! “The folky...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:43:40 -0500

Window Twins reviewed by Consequence of Sound!

“The folky songwriting element and the haze of psychedelic effects are all mashed up into one glorious, groovy mess that blurs and happily obliterates musical lines…”

http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/12/album-review-window-twins-wish/

Tiny Mix Tapes reviews new Window Twins...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:38:47 -0500

Tiny Mix Tapes reviews new Window Twins album!

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/cerberus/window-twins-wish

jdweiss: Good news! Transmission has been accepted into the...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:31:45 -0500

jdweiss:

Good news! Transmission has been accepted into the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival!

The festival will take place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in December; I’ll have more info closer to the screening. But seeing as it’s so close to home, I might actually be able to make it to this one.

If you can’t wait till then, or can’t make it, you can still purchase the limited edition Transmission cassette and get instant access to the film!

Window Twins - Wish [Crash Symbols/Volar] Impose Magazine BY...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:16:00 -0500

Window Twins - Wish [Crash Symbols/Volar]

Impose Magazine

BY SAM LEFEBVRE » The work of Tim Cohen and Jon Bernson for their primary musical outlets (The Fresh & Onlys and Exray’s, respectively) demonstrates each musicians’ knack for pop clarity and realized song-structure. To arrive there, Cohen gravitates towards rock instrumentation while Bernson employs synthesized sounds. Their collaboration as Window Twins finds the duo drawing from both schools of performance, only saturating the instrumentation in dense, lo-fidelity production that makes it difficult to differentiate. The emphasis on Wish is clearly creating a cohesive mood. While structures are intact and melodies are present, albeit obscured, Cohen and Bernson aspire towards an ambiance of down-trodden psychedelia. Each performer has a known affinity for the home recording process, but Window Twins allows them to spotlight their manipulation of that process as brightly as any instrument. In Cohen’s case, such experimentalism isn’t constructive for the current, refined approach of The Fresh & Onlys. Here, he is liberated to fulfill his most experimental recording proclivities.

Live drums, programmed beats, Wurlitzer organ, guitar, horns and synthesizers operate together as different aspects of one texture. The most impressive aspect of the instrumentation is two-fold. It cultivates a texture that defies our expectations of electronic beats with warm recording. Conversely, it engages listeners by alternating unexpectedly into a live drum solo introduction for “Wine into Winter,” or a staccato brass section harmony on “Different Light” without warning.

For “Thunder and Lightning,” as the title might imply with its seemingly telling nod to vintage dub, meandering bass lines and intermittent horns are underpinned by a reggae beat that devolves into dark dub for an arresting bridge. “Others” is the album’s most energetic track and effective use of its unusual instrumentation. It begins with a surprisingly straight-forward electric guitar lead before a galloping snare beat abruptly appears. Organ, piano, peripheral tambourine and an eerie Theremin congeal beneath a repetitive chant about being mindful to “others in the world.”

While the vocals are as heavily soaked as the music, the emotive skill of each singer permeates the mix. While there is plenty of fodder for discussion in the cyclical grooves, eclectic instrumentation and murky production; the strongest moments ofWish aren’t contingent on the instruments or studio trickery, but rather the inventiveness of the singing. The production is consistently pleasant, but with the vocals removed it might become soporific. Luckily, both vocal performances are assertively mixed. Particularly on “Two Left Feet,” Cohen and Bernson slide along a sinuous synth line directly into listener’s skulls where they coo together in a hushed ritual. Skillfully harmonizing and interacting with one another’s voices, they also heed the conversational and narrative nature of the lyrics with tactful vocal delivery. The result is the Wish’s absolute highlight.

WiNDOW TWiNS - WiSH HAPPY RELEASE DAY...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:19:00 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - WiSH

HAPPY RELEASE DAY 10/16/12!

http://www.thebaybridged.com/2012/10/16/videos-window-twins-two-left-feet-the-sky-is-black/

Window Twins – the side project of two of SF’s most prolific musicians, Jon Bernson of Exray’s and Ray’s Vast Basement and Tim Cohen of The Fresh & Onlys and Magic Trick – is back with not one, but two new videos from their forthcoming full-length Wish. Following their June release of a video for album cut “Thunder and Lightning”, the duo returns with visual accompaniments for “Two Left Feet” and “The Sky Is Black”.

Interview Magazine premieres new Window Twins video and...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:21:00 -0400

Interview Magazine premieres new Window Twins video and Interview!

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-video-premiere-and-interview-the-sky-is-black-window-twins#_

While Tim Cohen is probably best known for fronting The Fresh & Onlys, and Jon Bernson for the experimental pop trio Exray’s, Wish mixes lo-fi electronics with psychedelic folk for something weirder and harder to pin down than either one. Below, you can check out our premiere of the infectious dark-pop track “The Sky Is Black,” along with its accompanying video from Fabien le Gourrierec, who assembled the clip from a short by Australian director Tracey Moffat called Nice Coloured Girls. Says le Gourrierec:

“Moffat is Aboriginal, and through this movie Moffatt shows aboriginal women as powerful and aware of their own subjugation. When I edited the video for Window Twins, I cut and kept the artsy form of the movie—the painting scenes, the contemplative strolling in the streets… I felt like they work perfectly with the song. There is no hidden message, just some perfect images for this particular voice and these swinging arrangements.”

Also below, check out Interview’s conversation with Bernson, who talked about how SF compares to NYC, how the scene has changed, and what it’s like working with Tim. As is inevitable with Bay Area-centric interviews, Mexican food becomes involved.

1. Two Left Feet 03:16 2. Thunder and...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:50:00 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - WiSH J-Card

WiNDOW TWiNS & the newest Crash Symbols Tapes

Two Left Feet 03:16

Thunder and Lightning 03:19

Don’t Let Me Down 03:11

The Sky is Back 03:19

Not Just a Part 03:49

Old People 04:25

Others 02:59

Different Light 03:44

Wine Into Winter 04:46

10.

Good People 03:38

Week in Pop / Impose: Lord Tang vs. Window Twins Lord Tang, aka...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:04:38 -0400

Week in Pop / Impose:

Lord Tang vs. Window Twins

Lord Tang, aka Dominic Cramp has been messing with the Window Twins’ new single “Thunder and Lightning” by providing you with not just one, but two remixes: the “Blessed Be Remix” and the “Crushed Cloud Remix”. Prepare yourself as the collaborative brainchild of Jon Bernson and Tim Cohen gets taken further into altered zones through Tang’s usage of a loose dub foundation for his following sound carvings. We begin by dissecting “Blessed Be” which finds a structure like a phazed out analogue dub remix replete with horns and far off vocal samples that could be mistaken for muted horns.

Next is “Thunder and Lightning Lord Tang’s Crushed Cloud Remix”, and like the cloud reference alludes it is the spaciest of the two new mixes. Again horns play a part along with phazers, while the sound of strings and re-sequenced sample stems create the feeling like discovering a clandestine rocket silo. Look for the new Window Twins album Wish October 16 on cassette from Crash Symbols and vinyl from Volar Records.

Foxy Digitalis premieres Lord Tang's Window Twins Dub Remix

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:10:00 -0400

Foxy Digitalis premieres Lord Tang's Window Twins Dub Remix:

“Having only been introduced to Window Twins and their wonderful new album, Wish, somewhat recently, I am thrilled to share this recent discovery with everyone by way of this absolutely stellar remix of their tune, “Thunder & Lightning,” by Lord Tang. Window Twins are the psyched-out duo of Tim Cohen (Fresh & Onlys, Magic Trick, etc) and Jon Bernson (Exray’s, Ray’s Vast Basement, etc) and Wish is their second record together. What is immediately obvious is that these two clearly have a gift for catchy songwriting and a knack for atypical hooks. Their songs are timeless – almost impossible to place in any one era without disregarding some major component of what makes this music so great. When you further consider the skillful arrangements (notably the horns contributed by Aaron Rocker, which makes Wish feel like an album created in some alternative ’60s-soul universe), it all adds up to something incredibly special.

And that’s when Lord Tang (also a recent discovery who is responsible for one of my favorite things I’ve heard this year, natch) takes it all to another level with the murky, dubbed-to-the-gills blessed-be mix of “Thunder & Lightning.” Stripped down to its absolute core and reconstructed with hollow echoes and built on top of smoked-out riddims, Lord Tang makes this into a blissed spiritual experience. Vocal melodies pop in-and-out while the distant guitar hooks take a backseat to the deep bass groove. It’s so ridiculously good that I would pay good money for an entire dub version of Wish. All hail the Tang Lord. But that being what it is, you’d be well-advised to head over to Crash Symbols and Volar Records to pick up the album and find warm solace in the coming autumn chill.” - Brad Rose

Video

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:30:48 -0400

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Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:30:12 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - TWO LEFT FEET @ THiEViNG WALRUS

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:11:00 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - TWO LEFT FEET @ THiEViNG WALRUS

WiNDOW TWiNS - TWO LEFT FEET (Volar Records / Crash Symbols)...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:21:58 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - TWO LEFT FEET (Volar Records / Crash Symbols) 2012

WiNDOW TWiNS - TREEHOUSE

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:17:00 -0400

WiNDOW TWiNS - TREEHOUSE

Lord Tang remixes Window Twins @Potholes in my Blog

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:04:00 -0400

Lord Tang remixes Window Twins @Potholes in my Blog :

Window Twins is the collaborative project of Tim Cohen (The Fresh & Onlys, Magic Trick) and Jon Bernson (Exray’s, Ray’s Vast Basement). The two Bay Area musicians are gearing up to drop their sophomore full-length, Wish, on cassette on Oct. 16 via our pals at Crash Symbols. It’s also due out that same day on vinyl via Volar Records. The album is a psychedelic, trippy listen filled with echoing vocals, erratic/inventive percussion, and plenty of dense layers.

Those elements are abundant on standout track “Thunder & Lightning”, which is probably getting plenty of radio play in an alternate universe. Or, you know, any place where people appreciate straight-up good music. Anyway, Lord Tang (aka Dominic Cramp from Evangelista) laced the tune with even more psychedelia and even some dub vibes, making for a dreamy, tripped-out listen that you need to experience for yourself.

Window Twins - Two Left Feet (Video by Broken Machine...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:38:10 -0400

Window Twins - Two Left Feet (Video by Broken Machine Films)

Impose Magazine Video Premiere

The latest Window Twins single “Two Left Feet” outlines the pains of growing up, awakening in a dream and discovering the metamorphosis of becoming a wallflower. Brought to you from San Francisco’s musical legionnaires Jon Bernson (Exray’s, Ray’s Vast Basement) and Tim Cohen (Fresh & Onlys, Magic Trick); their hop-along-organ-&-whistle tune gets visualized as a vintage coming of age short in this premiere from Broken Machine Films.

The film opens with a funeral and a string of bad luck for our young protagonist as a broken mirror leads to shame and bewilderment to match the song’s early morning class bell confusions. Things get tense as schoolyard bullying is met with a hostile reaction with pistol turned fatal, followed by Rorschach tests, a desire to belong and a new life on the run. In a recent conversation with the video’s director and editor, Joshua Rogers, he described both his approach to gathering found film and the futility of coming-of-age escapism:

“I find most of the ephemera I use either at thrift stores, flea markets or some obscure spots online. This beauty was found on an old 8mm school film reel site about the trials and tribulations of being an adolescent….and trying in vain to escape it all. Oh to be young again.”

The new Window Twins LP Wish comes out October 16 on vinyl from Volar and on cassette through Crash Symbols.

Kevin Taylor’s video from WiNDOW TWiNS first album:...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:15:29 -0400

Kevin Taylor’s video from WiNDOW TWiNS first album: i’M THiS TALL CiTY

THUNDER & LiGHTNiNG - track #2 from WiSH out 10.18.12 on...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:50:00 -0400

THUNDER & LiGHTNiNG - track #2 from WiSH

out 10.18.12 on crash symbols (cassette) & volar records (vinyl)