And the start is slow, with “Tyrant Destroyer” before building up to the denser tracks. Each lyric feels like something you’ve heard before, in a good way, not in the blatant rip-off way. “Slow” invites you to sing along with it, and the start of it has so much muscle.
In his own words, Twin Shadow states that he is heavily inspired by B-movie soundtracks. With songs like “When were Dancing”, that statement becomes very believable. Tone-wise it matches up to a tee, complete with slightly off tones. Oh, and then there’s the celebration in the second half of the song.
There’s a bunch of bands mining this same dark 80s material, like Silk Flowers or actual dark 80s band the Smiths, but his voice makes it that much more likable. Crooning without being overkill, it hits all the right notes. Plus, one would be hard-pressed to pick out a bad track from the bunch, and it thankfully does have some tempo variety between the faster and slower tracks.