Twine - "Sleeping Dogs"

Photo by Nash Blight

There has been an upsurge of fantastic bands from Australia the past few years, and our latest discovery is Twine. Described as alt-noise/country, the quartet just released a single that's going to be a must listen. "Sleeping Dogs" is indeed a chilled out noise rock song with a country twang. The song has that folk/country ramblin' vibe, just with a layer of noise bubbling underneath. Plus, I haven't heard violin being used this well in an alt-rock song since the heyday of that dog. And then there are just these little bursts of noise that are brilliant and come in fairly unexpectedly. The entire thing devolves into a Sonic Youth style chaotic ending, which is obviously going to endear Twine to me even more. Wednesday is the band that comes the closest to Twine's sound, but they take the alternative meets country template and expand on it as far as the noise factor goes.

Tom Katsaras (vocals/guitar) says of his band's latest single:

"I was trying to lean further into ambiguity rather than straight honesty, I had been listening to lots of Sparklehorse at the time which I think definitely influenced the style."

You can watch the video for "Sleeping Dogs" below. New Old Horse is due out December 6 on Kitty Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Twine, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook.