DESCRIPTION:
"Twegen Tu is a mysterious duo from the southeastern part of the United States, and whatever that equivocates in your mind is at least partially so on this release, only trumped up having restlessly scaled pine bark to the rafters of art. What you'll get here are watery recordings of guitars cranked up, guitars trying to crank up, tapes and manipulations, found sounds and vocals, vocals found inside the vocalist that don't belong to him, scarce piano talk and a vast expanse of other idioms heretofore only grunted out at the pyre. As Mats Gustafsson of Broken Face adeptly pens, it's somewhere between a Celebrate Psi Phenomenon noise outfit and the inspired organic movements of Steven R. Smith."

This Floridian duo might not have refined their perplexing sonic formula to perfection just yet, and that makes their debut EP that much more impressive, because this is already some pretty great stuff. The most striking moments occur when two seemingly different tracks are layered on top of one another. In the foreground you'll find a shower of electronics and feedback infused noise, but if you listen closely you'll also discover a delicate, meandering guitar melody making its voice heard in a much less aggressive way. Imagine what it could sound like if some New Zealand noise combo on Celebrate Psi Phenomenon were to team up with Steven R. Smith for a recording session and you're not too far off. At other times the cascading feedback explodes right before your eyes, which leaves the lonely guitar with the disorienting task to find its way out of the smoldering fumes. The last two tracks slow things down considerably with empty space piano and subtle use of electronics. One could argue that this metamorphosis makes the record too diverse, somehow missing a unifying link, but for me it's actually the other way around. After a heavy storm comes a lull and you'd never appreciate the summers to the same degree if it weren't for the winters. -Mats Gustafsson, Broken Face #18