{"id":321,"date":"2014-05-22T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dewals.nl\/?p=321"},"modified":"2014-05-22T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:09:00","slug":"twin-forks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dewals.nl\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Twin Forks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I was sitting next to my colleague driving home from a customer. He was driving and Radio2 was on. This song came along and that voice, I recognized it from somewhere. It sounded like Chris Carrabba from Dashboard Confessional but they never get played on Dutch radio nor did they have a new album out. Coming home I totally forgot to check it out. Until earlier this week when the same song was played on 3FM. This time I checked the name of the band and googled it. It was Twin Forks and yes Chris Carrabbe is in it.<\/p>\n<p>Twin Forks is his new band. According to the bio on their <a title=\"Twin Forks\" href=\"www.twinforksmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> Chris wanted to form a band with a classic folk, country and roots sound. This new band does not mean his other bands, Dashboard Confessional and Further seems Forever, are now defunct. They&#8217;re just on hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>The song in question is &#8220;Cross my mind&#8221;. It&#8217;s gaining some fair airplay in the Netherlands and likely in other countries as well. Watch the official video here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6O1gUuJzQn8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very catchy song that will get stuck in your head. The DJ&#8217;s on the radio already branded it the sound of the summer and I think they quite hit the spot with that remark. The song screams summer and summer romance.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the album is what you expect from this style of music. Some up-tempo catchy songs, some mid-tempo songs. And to finish it off a great ballad of the kind Dashboard Confessional gained their reputation with before evolving into a more pop\/indy-rock band. No distracting drums, no distracting electric guitars, just Chris&#8217; vocals and a acoustic guitar to provide support and brilliant backup vocals by the bands mandolin player Suzie Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin&#8217;s vocals and mandolin are a great addition to the band. On the opening track &#8220;Can&#8217;t be broken&#8221; her voice works very well in harmony with Carrebba&#8217;s Voice. The mandolin on &#8220;Cross my mind&#8221; really stands out. The melody is one of the things making the song so good.<br \/>\nShe could have gotten more lines of her own on &#8220;Kiss me darling&#8221; however. The song feels like a conversation between two lovers. He just has more to say than her apparently. A loss for us the listeners.<\/p>\n<p>So should you get this album right away? Well that&#8217;s for you to decide. If you&#8217;re not into the current folk hype or already fed up with it, it&#8217;s better to steer clear of this one but I&#8217;d recommend you to at least listen to it on Spotify before shooting it down. If you are a big fan of Chris Carrabbe&#8217;s previous work like me you will love this one as well.<br \/>\nChris Carrabbe is, in my opinion, one of the best singer-songwriters of the moment. His work, especially the early releases, are among the best I&#8217;ve heard the last decade. So if you share this opinion this one is for you.<br \/>\nHaving that said, to be fair this isn&#8217;t an instant classic. I liked it, I loved it but wasn&#8217;t blown away by it. It&#8217;s not. It does not rank up to the first two Dashboard Confessional releases (&#8220;The Swiss Army Romance&#8221; &amp; &#8220;The places you have come to fear the most) but it&#8217;s close to share 3th with the MTV Unplugged album.<\/p>\n<p>Note: When buying the album be sure to get the album and not the EP by the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Down below you can listen to the full album on Spotify or buy the album on iTunes or from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Twin-Forks\/dp\/B00GZPIL3C\/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1400771628&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=twin+forks\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> or from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.large.nl\/twin-forks-twin-forks-cd\/art_281133\/\" target=\"_blank\">Large<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Twin Forks \u2013 Twin Forks\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4mcroOps5IpJ93p3hF5SjV?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I was sitting next to my colleague driving home from a customer. He was driving and Radio2 was on. This song came along and that voice, I recognized it from somewhere. 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