Twin Peaks - Holding Roses

1. Who are Twin Peaks?

Twin Peaks are garage rock legends from Chicago, Illinois. Creating a racket since 2009 they have three long players in the vault. Holding Roses (April’16)  is the third single release from Twin Peaks' third album Down In Heaven (May’16). 

2. What kind of tune have Twin Peaks rustled up?

Holding Roses is a slow roller with some cranky Mick Jagger style vocals and some rock'n'roll piano thrown in. One for the ladies but it'll worm it's way into anyone's affections.

3. Who do Twin Peaks sound like?

The Frights, Public Access TV, The Orwells. NPR compared Twin Peaks to The Replacements, Velvet Crush and Teenage Fanclub. Panty sniffers.


4. What have the press said about Holding Roses? 

“Immense and infectious” – Stereogum. 

“Has a charming, Stones-ish, mid-tempo grace” – NPR.  

“A mid-tempo, romantic melody with a swelling chorus” – Tenement TV. 

5. Who put the grime in Twin Peaks garage rock?

Twin Peaks are influenced by bands like Jay Reatard, T. Rex, The Strokes, The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. 

6. Why should I give Holding Roses a whirl?

Holding Roses is good value for a change of pace and the authentic garage vibe of Twin Peaks remains true throughout.

7. Do Twin Peaks have any more sound tracks?

Flavor is pure unadulterated genius. Songs don't get better than that. A bonafide garage anthem. I Found A New Way isn't too shabby. 

8. Any more words?

The new album Down In Heaven was produced by R. Andrew Humphrey who produced and engineered Twin Peaks' last album Wild Onion. 

“I can feel my heart beating,

As the tears roll down my tongue”

The Orwells are the real deal. Bastards to bleed for. This garage rock band is from Chicago, Illinois, too. Kicking arse and taking no prisoners since 2009 they have two long players on their roll of honor. Who Needs You was the lead single from their second album Disgraceland (2014). Who Needs You gives the militaristic U.S. government and police state a big serve. Guitarist Matt O'Keefe said, “It’s about being told what to do, what to believe in – which is in a nutshell, the story of America’s youth.” Who Needs You is the sound of The Strokes made better, with a conscience, with the balls of god honest rebellion, and is what real rock'n'roll is all about. Bugger the pretenders.

“You better join the army,

I said “No thank you Uncle Sam”

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - GHOSTS

“We’re a garage band, we come from garageland,” asserted Joe Strummer in one of the Clash's early signature tunes and it's that white-hot intensity, honesty and grittiness, that forms the middle ground of punk and garage and it burns brightly in Love/Hate (Nov’15) by GHOSTS. This is a tune to get arses bouncing and fists punching the air. More contemporarily Love/Hate minds of raging songs like The Orwells Let It Burn,Titus Andronicus’s Dimed Out or even Cloud Nothings. At the same time it bubbles and bounces on a beat, or maybe it was just the phrasing of the chorus, that sent me searching for English New Wave band The Vapors and their 1980 classic hit, Turning Japanese. Love/Hate was featured by Jonathan Hunt in the October Indie Rock Playlist (2015) and Don't Need No Melody has called GHOSTS music “shambolic surfy power pop,” while Whurk magazine said “...you’ll be in danger of dancing in no time.”
 

Caleb Hoehner is GHOSTS, and that’s all in caps, in a futile attempt to remain googleable, not because it’s fashionable. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has been fashioning fine garage rock tunes since 2012. The man sallies forth from Richmond, Virginia by way of Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina and Georgia. GHOSTS want to write songs you wanna die to and the bands that really resonate in GHOSTS music are the greats like Weezer, Nirvana and the Pixies. GHOSTS's previous short player Ugly Boy was called   “...a small pack of anthems for the young and disillusioned,” by Whurk magazine and Sounds Of RVA thought GHOSTS tunes “...loose punk vocal harmonies and pumped up, dirty guitar vibes make this some fun ass grunge rock." A song about a girl, or the paradoxical duality of human nature, Love/Hate roars along like the slap of the tyres on the blacktop from a V8 hurtling down an empty country road to a rendezvous with friends at the lake on a blue-sky sunshine summer's day. Love/Hate is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“I wish I had a medicine to help me never sleep again
so I could think about you all the time.”

Shit you need to know:
 

Love/Hate is the third song from GHOSTS seven song short-player Superstar (Nov’15).

GHOSTS have two long players and four short players in the bank that are all for freesies on bandcamp.

GHOSTS are unsigned and the music is recorded on a laptop and self-released on Spooky Town Records.

Caleb Hoehner is a journalist major who finds inspiration from the ladies, surfing, pop stars and dark shit like death and anxiety.

On the topic of Caleb’s broader musical influences he said he “...really love(s) the whole garage scene thats out there right now like The Orwells, The Black Lips, Wavves, Ty Segal, Bass Drum of Death and Twin Peaks.”

GHOSTS have been compared to maverick Tennessee wild man of garage rock Jay Reatard.

Caleb's brother made a great video of the family partying back in the day for the song Make A Name 4 Yourself, a song with a classic dirty glam rock vibe.

Caleb sprinkles his communication with good manners and friendly vibes, ending Facebook postings with good words like "I love you all and thanks for the support" and offering his fans to “...have an intoxicated evening on my behalf.”

More glorious GHOSTS tunes to listen to while manning the barricades against the barbarian hordes are I Wanna Die Happy, Lil Soldier and Superstar (My Girl).

 

Slippery seconds is courtesy of Chicago garage rock band Twin Peaks and another storming track with a great garage/punk blend, Flavor (2014).

“Flavor your heart and your soul.”