Twin Peaks

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Twin Peaks is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band consists of Cadien Lake James (vocals, guitar), Clay Frankel (vocals, guitar), Jack Dolan (vocals, bass), Colin Croom (keys, vocals, guitar) and Connor Brodner (drums).

History

Early days

Cadien Lake James formed Twin Peaks in 2010 with childhood friends Jack Dolan and Connor Brodner when they were still in high school. James and Dolan attended Jones College Prep, while Brodner attended Lane Tech High School with Frankel, who later joined the band. Before Frankel played with Twin Peaks, he was in a different group called Crash Hero [1] and James said in an interview, "We ended up stealing him from his other band." James was no stranger to the music scene as his older brother Hal was the drummer for the Chicago band Smith Westerns.

James and Dolan each received ten-day suspensions with some other kids for smoking and one of the other students was their friend Chance the Rapper, who later named his first mixtape 10 Day after the incident.

Twin Peaks came up in Chicago’s DIY scene, attending and eventually playing house shows throughout the city. Frankel lived in one of the better known spaces called Animal Kingdom, as well. James, Brodner, and Dolan started attending these shows when they were 15, getting to know bands like White Mystery, the Yolks, and Magic Milk.

Sunken

After graduating high school, all band members except Frankel attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia but later dropped out to pursue their music career. Soon enough the band started to outgrow the Chicago DIY space. Which led to the bands first recorded project, which blew up music blogs, such as NME, and labeled Twin Peaks as the ‘next big thing.'[5]

In 2012, the band recorded their debut album Sunken in James' basement using “a crappy iMac from 2004, a broken digital mixer, and a digital recording studio from the’90s.” Sunken was released on July 9, 2013, through Los Angeles-based independent record label Autumn Tone Records. The length of the album was only 20 minutes, but it delivered its’ message. The title of the album comes from Sunken Gardens Park a park in Chicago where they used to drink as teenagers. People began to approach the band to sell Sunken on vinyl. It was at this moment that the band proved that it was prepared to take the next step.

Wild Onion

The band began work on their follow-up record Wild Onion in January 2014 in Chicago. The album was released by Grand Jury on August 5, 2014 in North America. The album was released in the UK on September 1st, 2014 by Communion. Rolling Stone gave the album a 3.5 out of 5 saying that they “pull off Exile-era Stones strut and Velvet Underground guitar poesy with a sophistication that’s beyond their years, and a sense of humor, too.”

James explains that “the album deals with a lot of insecurities that arise when you’re growing up.” The music video for "Making Breakfast", a song on the album written and sung by Frankel, was released in October 2014 and has become the band's most well-known song with over 690,000 YouTube views.

The band had a breakout performance at Pitchfork Festival in July 2014, just before Wild Onion was released. Prior to the festival, James broke his foot at an Orwells concert in New Orleans and had to play Pitchfork from a wheelchair. The performance received a lot of press and some called it the best set of the weekend. The following summer, Twin Peaks played Lollapalooza for the first time.

Twin Peaks’ first European tour was in February 2015. In addition to club shows, they played several house parties in the UK. They later released a tour film documenting the trip. They also returned to Europe that summer to play both Roskilde in Denmark and Reading & Leeds festivals in the UK. In September 2015, Twin Peaks went on tour supporting WAVVES in N. America.

Down In Heaven

Twin Peaks recorded the bulk of their third album Down In Heaven in August 2015 at a friend’s house in the Berkshires. R. Andrew Humphrey returned to co-produce and John Agnello later mixed the album in NYC. The first single "Walk to the One You Love," was written by James and released on February 1st, 2016, along with the album's announcement. The second single, "Butterfly," released on March 30, 2016, was written by Frankel during SXSW 2015 when he was in a "sickened state." The third single "Holding Roses" was released on April 19, 2016. Down In Heaven was released on May 13, 2016, and the band went on tour to promote its release. The band made their late night TV debut on Conan, where they performed “Walk to The One You Love” in June.

This album expanded their reach and led to their first tour of Australia, as well as tours supporting Cage the Elephant and Portugal. The Man. They also played Bonnaroo for the first time in June 2016 and played Pitchfork Festival for the second time in July 2016. In 2016, following the Chicago Cubs World Series Championship, Twin Peaks played the team’s trophy party. The Cubs, Theo Epstein, Bill Murray, and Eddie Vedder were all in attendance.

Urbs in Horto

On May 5th, Twin Peaks released a live double LP titled Urbs in Horto. The record features recordings from the band’s shows at Metro and Thalia Hall in Chicago from December 2016, where they closed out a big year by selling almost 3000 tickets in their hometown. The track-list includes songs from across the band’s three studio records, as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones' “Dead Flowers.” Urbs in Horto was recorded to tape.

Beginning in July of 2017, Twin Peaks released two new songs every month through December 2017. They titled this project Sweet ’17 Singles. Physical 7” singles were sent to the 300 subscribers each month and the tracks were also made available digitally.

Musical style

The band's musical style is regarded as a mixture of "'60s garage rock and the 2010s garage punk sound." Jayson Greene of Pitchfork stated that the band "spends half their time as a chugging power chord factory and half as a winsome power-pop band." The band's musical style on their debut album has been described as "sloppy, Replacements-inspired rock" while the band's second album features "a garage-rock sound that touches on everything from fuzz-soaked psychedelia and punk to ballads and baroque pop." The band's influences on the album include garage rock acts such as Black Lips, Jay Reatard, Ty Segall and The Strokes, and rock artists such as the Beatles, The Stooges, The Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones.

Band members

Cadien Lake James – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals

Clay Frankel – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals

Jack Dolan – bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals

Colin Croom – keyboard, guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals

Connor Brodner – drums

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