Finding success in the generic: TWICEYOUNG’s EP “Prefer You”

by Rose Blanton

TWICEYOUNG transplanted themselves to Nashville while making their lastest EP, Prefer You, and have picked up some help from the natives. Chad Howat of Paper Route, a Nashville indie band, helped to mix the band’s newest EP and therefore shape the sound of it as well. The band’s last LP, Little Mind Alike, was very specific. It was about circumstances and people that front man Tyler Laspopoulos had personally experienced. Their new LP is more about a journey that the listeners can apply their own cinematography to.

Little Mind Alike may have been overlooked, but Prefer You has the potential to propel this band. The cross between ambient rock and smooth synth is not anything new to the scene, but the fact that they’re from Nashville will absolutely help them standout, it’s basically their gimmick. TWICEYOUNG may be from the land of BBQ, but they sound more heroine chic than perhaps even they know.

The EP opens with “Uncover,” the chorus of the track has a sort of grittiness that reminds me of an affair. I feel like some music supervisors out there are going to be throwing TWICEYOUNG into the backgrounds of a lot of our favorite TV dramas and flicks. “Separate You” however, could be striked entirely from the EP. It sounds like something you’d lose your virginity to if you had horrible taste in music – sorry boys, but this was a swing and a miss. “Night Drive” opens up with strings that give you an ethereal aura that’s hard to ignore. The strings are honestly what grabbed me in this song. I’ve read that some people refer to them as nostalgic and this must be what they are speaking of because the rest of TWICEYOUNG’s sound is something that strictly applies to the millennial’s. “Night Drive” is very much a pop ballad that could make them popular amongst one of the holy trinity of pop music consumption; teenage girls. Honestly, the songs blend together and they sound very similar, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. TWICEYOUNG is a great band to work, study or fuck to. Their combination of mellowness and explosiveness makes them perfect for a lot of different scenarios.

For many bands, being generic is often the death of them, but for TWICEYOUNG, I think it’s what is going to make them successful. Anyone can listen to them and swallow them up into their own atmosphere.