Why are Twin Sister that much easier to love than most acts slapped with the chillwave tag? First, they’ve got Andrea Estella and her delicious malted milkshake of a voice. Second, the Long Island five-piece show a greater willingness to vary their musical palette than many of their contemporaries, embellishing the ten songs on this debut LP with everything from spaghetti western guitar to rinky-dink piano to what we’re reading as a Donna Summer reference: ‘beep beep’ indeed! Finally, there’s the near-perfect balance they strike between the ‘dream’ and the ‘pop’; this lot write proper songs with melodies that are frequently very lovely indeed.
8/10
Words by NICK LEVINE