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2020 studio album by Nova Twins

Who Are the Girls? is the debut studio album by English rock duo Nova Twins, released 28 February 2020 through 333 Wreckords Crew. With the exception of “Lose Your Head”, which was produced by Kevin Van Bergen and released as a single in 2018, the album’s songs were written and recorded in between Nova Twins’ tours of Europe in 2019 at producer Jim Abbiss‘s Lime Green Monkeys recording studio in Saffron Walden. A genre-blending album ranging stylistically alternative rock, dance-punk, nu metal, punk rock, and rap rock, […] et al. […] Who Are the Girls? is a [descriptor word] marked by screeching guitars and distorted basslines […] that Nova Twins intended to capture/reflect the sound of their live shows. Its lyrics center on themes of social injustice, sexism, racism, empowerment, [diversity/individuality]. (lemme check)

Who Are the Girls? was acclaimed by music critics, who praised Nova Twins’ unique and inventive sound, energy, and lyrical themes. The album placed on several end-of-year lists whilst its fourth single, “Taxi”, won the “Best Music Video” award at the Heavy Music Awards 2021. Although Nova Twins’ touring plans in support of Who Are the Girls? were scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, internet word of mouth surrounding the album helped raise Nova Twins’ profile and establish a dedicated fanbase. In 2021, Nova Twins toured with Bring Me the Horizon and Enter Shikari and released a deluxe edition of the album featuring remixes of “Undertaker” by Fever 333 and “Bullet” by Dream Wife, after which it debuted at number 28 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

Background and recording

Nova Twins were formed in London in 2014 by guitarist and vocalist Amy Love and bassist and backing vocalist Georgia South. The duo released their debut single “Bassline Bitch” in 2015, followed by their eponymous debut extended play (EP) in 2016.(source) Emerging from the live music scene around London, the duo began playing festivals in the United Kingdom and Europe and toured with artists including Prophets of Rage.[1] They additionally gained recognition in the British music press for their abrasive sound, which was labelled “grime punk”,[2] [despite idk if they rejected it or no].

developed a reputation for their live shows

[…] high reputation as a live act (irrespective of race/gender) needs noting here, before the festival line.

In the years before the album’s release, Nova Twins had been noted for their performances at British rock music festivals, in which most of the other participants were white males.[2][3]

Nova Twins

With the exception of “Lose Your Head”, which was produced by and released as a single in July 2018, the songs on Who Are the Girls? were written and recorded in 2019 throughout 2019.[4] They recorded demos on Logic Pro on some faulty laptop ig.[5] mainly doing it together in a room, vibing off of each other; no set formula.[5]

“vibe off” each other.[5]

Songs were often written with Love writing a guitar lead over a bassline South had written.[5]

After releasing the Mood Swings EP (2017) and the single “Lose Your Head” (2018), which were produced by Kevin Van Bergen,[6] Nova Twins wrote and recorded Who Are the Girls? in between their tours of Europe in 2019.[7] Love and South wrote the album’s songs with their bass and vocals at the forefront;[8] the former intended their parts to accompany the bass and “add nuance” with “little hip-hop lines here and there or tiny color counterparts”, and played them in a high octave so they could pass through the heavy bass sound.[9] As the duo finished writing the album, they were sent an email by producer Jim Abbiss,[4] whom had been introduced to their music by a member of Nothing but Thieves;[10] they decided to work together after meeting and completing a song together.[4]

Recording sessions for Who Are the Girls? were held at Abbiss’s Lime Green Monkeys recording studio in Saffron Walden.[11] Nova Twins sought to capture the sound of their live shows in the studio and wanted it to have no additonal instrumental layers beyond guitar, bass, and drums,[5][12] the latter which were performed by George McDonald and touring member Tim Nugent.[11] No samples, synthesizers,[1] or backing tracks were used.[12] Love played a Gretsch Double Jet guitar through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe combo amplifier,[9] whilst South used a Westone Thunder 1[5] and a combination of Gallien-Krueger MB 212 bass combo and Marshall Valvestate guitar combo with a 12AX7 preamp tube.[8] Both members also utilized an extensive collection of guitar and bass pedals they and Abbiss owned,[9][8][N 1] which they trigged manually during recording[13] and attempted to procure “glitches” from.[1] South noted the challenge she and Love faced in having to perform and adjust pedals simultaneously but said they wanted to prove themselves, because they were women of colour and viewed debut albums as being “special”.[8]

Composition

Overview

Who Are the Girls? is a genre-blending album […] marked by heavy sonic [experimentation??…] screeching guitars and distorted basslines. idk lol.

Critics categorized the album as […] alternative rock, punk rock, rap rock,[2] dance-punk[14] […] idk what else […] and highlighted influences of arena rock and nu-metal.[15] critics frequently compared the album to Ecca Vandal[16]

(many others) and The Prodigy.[2](sources) (any other comparisons?? lol)

Josh Gray of Clash drew attention to Georgia South’s unconventional, distorted bass lines and Amy Love’s forceful vocals, while mentioning influences from not just punk and alternative rock but also garage rock, rave, and dubstep.[2]

WHAT WERE THE INFLUENCES. YOU GOTTA WRITE ABOUT THE INFLUENCES. THE ARTISTS. (and thus we ignore all other bs comparisons)

Lyrically, Who Are the Girls? centers on themes of social injustice,[16] racism, sexism, individuality,[16] and […]

The album’s title is a reference to Love and South’s experiences as black women attending rock concerts.[2] They dedicated the album to “all the people who are beautifully diverse and creating their own lanes. It’s a celebration of those who feel like they don’t fit in! The title is ironic, as there is little representation of diversity at the shows we play and there wasn’t any to see when we were growing up.”[17]

Songs (4/10) (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10)

The opening track of Who Are the Girls?, “Vortex”, is a female empowerment anthem[18] that moves between “sliding” basslines[19] and spoken word verses to screamed choruses.[20] pedal heavy, dynamics. […] “Play Fair” was intended as the “ultimate revenge tune”,[21] whilst “Taxi” imagines Nova Twins driving in a pink Cadillac as “taxi-driving hit-girls”; they wrote the song with its video concept in mind, which was inspired by the action films Blade Runner, Kill Bill, The Matrix, and Sin City.[22] “Devil’s Face” was inspired by Nova Twin’s experiences with covert racism during Brexit.[7] “Not My Day” is about allowing yourself to be vulnerable […] accepting having bad days??[10] “Bullet” […] description go here […] references rap cliches,[16][23] also cat-calling/wolf-whilsting[23] “Lose Your Head” was intended as a “rallying cry and a celebration of difference”, […] .[6] “Ivory Tower” is a “melancholic blues number” that differs from the rest of the songs on Who Are the Girls?.[24] Love said that Nova Twins intended to show that they could be “energetic as well as intimate”.[4] South said that the song’s demo was used on the album, as Abbiss told the duo that he would not be able to recreate its atmosphere in the studio.[4] Gray imagined “Undertaker” as the result of The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett “re-pitch[ing]” the songs of Rage Against The Machine.[2] The album’s closing track, “Athena” […] laut.de “brutal industrial stomper” and Dead Press! “final blast of distortion, innovate vocal patterns, and sonic battery. Complete with winding bass lines and experimental tendencies crammed under each hook,”[19] […] Love said the song was “completely fictional and mythological”.[15]

Amy Love of of Nova Twins
Georgia South of Nova Twins

Nova Twins released “Devil’s Face” and “Vortex” as singles in June and September 2019, respectively.[25] On 3 December 2019, the duo announced Who Are the Girls? and their signing to Jason Aalon Butler‘s record label and collective 333 Wreckords Crew as its first act.[26] Butler asked Nova Twins to join 333 Wreckords Crew after seeing them perform at the Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn; he agreed to return the master recordings of the duo’s releases through the label after their production costs were recouped.[27] After the release of “Taxi” as its fourth and final single,[22] Who Are the Girls? was released on 28 February 2020.[26] The album initially failed to chart.[28]

Nova Twins embarked on a short headlining tour of the United Kingdom in early February 2020.[29] The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns in March 2020 forced Nova Twins to cease touring in support of Who Are the Girls? after playing only ten shows in France.[30] In lieu of touring, the duo […] internet campaign/Instagram? […] played some virtual shows; they initially played along separately to the album’s drum tracks, before playing together in a studio against a green screen.[30] Internet word-of-mouth surrounding Who Are the Girls? during the pandemic raised Nova Twins’ profile and led to the establishment of a dedicated fanbase for the duo.[31][32] Lou Boyd of The Red Bulletin considered the album to be “one of the success stories of the pandemic”,[33] whilst Emma Wilkes of DIY called it a sleeper hit.[34]

On 18 September 2020, a music video for “Play Fair” was released.[21] In April 2021, Nova Twins released remixes of “Undertaker” by Fever 333 and “Bullet” by Dream Wife,[35][36] and embarked on a headlining tour of the United Kingdom.[21]After supporting Bring Me the Horizon on a September 2021 arena tour of the United Kingdom,[31] Nova Twins released deluxe edition of Who Are the Girls? on 5 October 2021,[37] featuring the “Undertaker” and “Bullet” remixes;[35] the album subsequently debuted at number 28 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[38] In December, the band toured the United Kingdom again as a supporting act for Enter Shikari.[39]

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Metacritic, Who Are the Girls? holds a score of 81 out of 100, based on reviews from four critics, which indicates “universal acclaim”.[42] Yasmine Summann of Distorted Sound called the album “an outrageous, off-the-wall collection of anthems that will make you reconsider what defines ‘angry punk’ from a new perspective that’s been overlooked and white-washed for decades.”[23] Damon Taylor of Dead Press! believed that Nova Twins had “not only crafted a defiant and unique sound, but also a record with important narratives that demand to be heard.”[19] John Longbottom of Kerrang! highlighted its “furious themes” and “explosive energy” and declared the Nova Twins’ sound to be unique in the current rock music scene.[40] Gray likewise remarked in the closing paragraph of his review for Clash: “You have never heard two women have this much fun with a metric fucktonne of distortion pedals, but if you do in the future, then the way will have been paved by Nova Twins.”[2]

NME‘s Ali Shutler and Sophie Williams of Guitar.com both praised the album’s nonconformist musical attitude;[15][43] Berger of laut.de felt that the blend of influences in its songs made for an “incredible impact”.[16] Tyler Damara Kelly of Dork highlighted the tension between Love’s vocals and Smith’s “complex assemblage of pedals”.[24] Ellie Robinson of Guitar World praised their “barbed vocal quips” and the former’s “grungy and punchy and almost dubstep-esque” guitarwork.[14] Maria Serra of Alternative Press believed that the Nova Twins’ “powerful personalities” in their lyrics and songwriting would “bring a much-needed refresher to the heavy rock scene”.[44] In a more mixed review, Ben Lynch of DIY felt that the duo were sometimes “overzealous with the effects” on songs like “Taxi”, but commended their “gripping collision of influences” and “commitment to doing it so forcefully”.[20] Max Skefton of The Skinny said that whilst the album “[offered] rock music from a fresh perspective, it did sometimes have issues with consistency and pace”.[45]

Who Are the Girls? was listed as one of the best albums of 2020 by Alternative Press,[44] Distorted Sound,[46] Kerrang!,[47] and Louder Than War.[48] Guitar.com listed it as one of the Best Guitar Albums of 2020,[43] whilst Loudwire and NME listed it as one of the year’s best debut albums.[49][50] At the Heavy Music Awards 2021, Nova Twins were nominated for the “Best UK Artist” award, whilst “Taxi” won the “Best Music Video” award.[51][52] The album received further praise from artists including Tom Morello and Oli Sykes; Bria Michel of Nylon nevertheless noted that “[e]ven without the celebrity shoutouts, [the] album racked up millions of streams and established Love and South as seasoned heavy-metal artists.”[53] Elizabeth Aubrey of the Evening Standard opined in 2022 that the award nominations and tour support offers Nova Twins received from artists including Wolf Alice, Sleaford Mods, Enter Shikari and Yungblud following the release of Who Are the Girls? was indicative of there being “more willingness to take a chance on [rock] bands doing something genuinely new and exciting with the genre”.[54]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Amy Love and Georgia South.[11]

Who Are the Girls? – Standard edition track listing
Title
1. “Vortex” 3:09
2. “Play Fair” 3:33
3. “Taxi” 3:21
4. “Devil’s Face” 2:44
5. “Not My Day” 2:14
6. “Bullet” 3:04
7. “Lose Your Head” 3:03
8. “Ivory Tower” 2:18
9. “Undertaker” 3:49
10. “Athena” 3:14
Total length: 30:22
Limited edition bonus tracks
Title
11. “Undertaker” (Fever 333 remix) 2:16
12. “Bullet” (Dream Wife remix) 3:20
Total length: 35:58

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.[11]

Charts

Release history

Notes

  1. ^ Nova Twins are secretive about the pedals they use; the duo have duct taped their pedals onstage after people kept taking pictures of their pedal boards at their early shows, which South found annoying and likened to “theft”.(Upset)

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scraps

DONT FUCKING USE “BAND” USE “DUO” lol this is gonna take some getting used to

https://distortedsoundmag.com/nova-twins-release-new-music-video-for-vortex/ (vortex: ITS THE NOVA SOUND MOTHERFUCKERS) (yes)

(when the horn blows)

Fender Player Mustang 90(??) (premier guitar) (make sure im not confused)

interviews

https://asbomagazine.com/nova-twins/

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-class-of-2020-the-bands-you-need-in-your-life-this-year

https://www.musicradar.com/news/nova-twins-fender-interview

https://diymag.com/interview/nova-twins-interview-august-2021-who-are-the-girls

https://getinherears.com/2021/02/27/interview-nova-twins/

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/nova-twins-we-are-the-girls

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/nova-twins-georgia-south-i-love-the-sound-of-heavy-electronic-music-and-dubstep-i-find-inspiration-in-how-the-bass-sits-in-those-songs

https://www.musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsandsuch/2020/9/28/feature-spotlight-nova-twins

https://www.musicwaves.org/frmArticle.aspx?ID=2577&REF=NOVA-TWINS-FEBRUARY-

https://loudwomen.org/2018/01/17/nova-twins/

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/nova-twins-make-rock-diverse-and-varied/

https://web.archive.org/web/20200330213415/https://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/nova-twins-interview-mar20

https://web.archive.org/web/20201221093845/https://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/best-of-2020-nova-twins

https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/nova-twins

https://sheshreds.com/top-gear-essentials-with-nova-twins/ (archived)

https://fastforward-magazine.de/nova-twins-im-interview-als-kind-habe-ich-in-der-schule-nur-erzaehlt-bekommen-dass-die-weissen-uns-befreit-haben/

https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2018/8/21/interview-nova-twins-the-lexington (conception of “Lose Your Head”)

https://www.altpress.com/nova-twins-fever-333-undertaker-remix-interview/ (on “undertaker” remix)

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/MusiciansUnion/media/resource/Publications/The%20Musician/2019/The-Musician-autumn-2019-single-page-format.pdf (Musicians Union??)

news

https://www.altpress.com/fever-333-333-wreckords-crew-nova-twins/

https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/video-nova-twins-lose-your-head (for “Lose Your Head”

https://web.archive.org/web/20190929143423/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-nova-twins-detail-uk-tour-for-february-2020/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210515060345/https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-nova-twins-release-fever-333-remix-of-undertaker/

https://www.kerrang.com/nova-twins-announce-debut-album-who-are-the-girls

https://www.kerrang.com/nova-twins-drop-video-for-the-ultimate-revenge-tune-play-fair

https://www.kerrang.com/nova-twins-release-kill-bill-inspired-video-for-taxi

https://www.nme.com/news/music/nova-twins-share-dream-wife-remix-of-bullet-and-announce-uk-and-european-tour-2923705

reviews/accolades

https://www.rollingstone.de/die-alben-des-jahres-2020-jens-balzer-2171997/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/5-artists-you-need-know-march-2020/

idk

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/rising-stars-nova-twins-are-coming-to-the-wedgewood-rooms-interview-3546911

https://web.archive.org/web/20230713201756/https://novatwins.ochre.store/release/386236-nova-twins-who-are-the-girls (cant get july 2023 date for reissue ghh)

One mixed review came from The Soundboard, which described the limitations of the rock duo format and opined that Nova Twins have yet to fully develop their songwriting and lyrical outlook. However, the reviewer praised the group’s distinctive sound.[1] (see if this source is ok for WP:ALBUMS/RS… or not)

ref organization

https://www.kerrang.com/nova-twins-kerrang-band-of-the-year-interview-amy-love-georgia-south-supernova-2022

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/nova-twins-supernova

https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/nova-twins-interview-supernova-album-3249942

https://web.archive.org/web/20201118135818/https://tapenotes.co.uk/project/tn57-nova-twins-jim-abiss (podcast, meaning… lost)

uhh

who are the [drummers]?

upset on “not my day”:

Nova Twins are flying the flag for anyone sick of having to change themselves to please the patriarchy. ‘Not My Day’ is in Amy’s words, “about how sometimes you can have a really shitty day and you don’t have to put on a brave face all the time. A little bit of vulnerability is sometimes a good thing. I think a problem we have in this society is, everyone is posting what they want everyone to think, and nothing is tangible or real anymore, and sometimes it’s a case of aggression. Sometimes you act out, and it might not be appropriate, or it’s appropriate for that moment, but then you get over it.”

Georgia tells us that recently she had someone on the street approach her to try and buy her for the evening. As anybody would react, she was livid and made sure the person was aware of that. Tying in with the notion of ‘Not My Day’, Amy adds: “People let a lot of little things pass – well, what some people perceive to be little – for a long time. It was never appropriate, but now because there’s so much awareness, people are starting to stick up for it because no, you can’t say something about my body and think I’m just gonna give a little smile back and giggle. No, it’s not funny.”

ONLY list comparisons that have multiple sources…. just so this shit isn’t overkill.

The album received additional praise from Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon.

nme:

https://www.nme.com/big-reads/nova-twins-cover-interview-2021-pop-punk-bring-me-the-horizon-3041717 (nu metal rap on vortex, skull skulking on lose yr head)

premier guitar

“groove and power of hip-hop and nu metal.”

are nova twins even nu metal i dont fucking know lol

uh

signing to marshall records in august 2021

various interviews of varying dates/not useful for article rn.

unknown:

https://colorising.com/nova-twins-interview/

2016:

https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/nova-twins-british-punk-band-465745/

https://web.archive.org/web/20161118062838/http://blog.missguided.co.uk/discovered/interview-nova-twins/

2017:

https://underground-england.com/artist-nova-twins/ (??)

https://soundofbrit.fr/2017/08/14/interview-nova-twins/

https://underground-england.com/nova-twins-a-catch-up-with-the-dynamic-duo/

2018:

https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/video-nova-twins-lose-your-head

https://louderthanwar.com/nova-twins/

https://schonmagazine.com/interview-nova-twins/

https://www.crash.fr/a-meeting-with-nova-twins/ (2018 i think)

2019:

https://www.seigneursdumetal.fr/index.php?page=interview&id_inter=572

https://metal-eyes.com/interview-nova-twins

https://www.pozzo-live.com/interviews/nova-twins-hellfest-2019/

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/whats-band-called-mate-get-know-nova-twins-2552127

2020:

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/crash-course-meet-nova-twins-fever-333-endorsed-champions-uniqueness/

https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/20200801.OBS31785/teleconcert-le-punk-electro-ravageur-des-nova-twins.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20200515034748/http://stonealone.fr/le-duo-anglais-nova-twins-explose-avec-un-melange-electro-rock-a-lesprit-afro-punk/ (video is archived; cool!)

2021:

https://theface.com/music/nova-twins-dr-martens-georgia-south-amy-love-osheen-siva-shanell-brown

2022:

https://officemagazine.net/nova-twins-want-kill-their-boyfriends

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/nova-twins-interview-london-rock-band-racism-sexism-b987184.html

https://athenscalling.gr/nova-twinsinterview-amy-love-and-georgia-south-calling/

2023:

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/nova-twins-supernova

2024:

uh2025:

https://www.rockantenne.de/rockwissen/interviews/nova-twins-2025-amy-love-und-georgia-south-ueber-das-neue-album-parasites-und-butterflies

https://thecircle.de/blogs/popkultur/nova-twins-im-interview-die-laute-suche-nach-einer-menschlichen-verbindung

https://hardforce.com/actu/45313/nova-twins-amy-love-georgia-smith-interview

https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/nova-twins-11124

https://www.hotpress.com/music/nova-twins-when-we-toured-with-foo-fighters-last-year-it-was-really-inspiring-23106765

irrelevant thinsg but seems interesting huh

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/female-guitarists-music-press-study

um

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-music/reviews/nova-twins-the-mash-house-edinburgh-12-feb (mentions consistency and pace issues)

red bull 2023

Fast forward to 2020 and the culmination of that hard work: the band’s blistering debut album, Who Are the Girls?, which was released on Spotify that February, just weeks before the world went into lockdown. This could have spelled disaster, but instead the record became one of the success stories of the pandemic. Though unable to tour, the pair’s high-octane songs, with their empowering lyrics and heavy riffs, captured the imagination of music lovers worldwide. Along with a new-found audience of passionate fans came messages from industry greats including Elton John, who invited them onto his Apple Music podcast – “We were like, ‘Fuuuuck!’ There he was, just sat on FaceTime, a legend in a Gucci tracksuit,” South laughs – and rock legend Tom Morello, who proclaimed that Nova Twins were the “best band you’ve never heard of”.

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/nova-twins-supernova

taxi, laut de

In the latter, Nova Twins also demonstrate a sense of tasteful detail: beneath the squeaking, filthy wall of noise lies a tightly woven web of melodically and rhythmically sophisticated cogs, sound experiments, and delicate percussion.

dead press

Kicking off with ‘Vortex’, sliding bass lines and Love‘s calm vocals build towards clamouring drums and screeching guitars. With Love moving between whispers and rallying cries, the track plays upon dynamics to create a blistering and squealing crescendo to signal the duo’s arrival.

distorted sound

Who Are The Girls? is an explorative look into a unique and overlooked perspective in the alternative/punk industry. Even down to its album name, Who Are The Girls?, it almost seems rhetorical and ironic, because within the album the pair assert themselves as a dominating female authority that boldly face the patriarchy with a lipstick smeared grin as they claim back their femininity by being ‘the girls.’ But because of its unusual and experimental songs that stray away from generic punk sounds and its inclusive lyricisms that vocalise problems every woman knows of in tracks like Not My Day and Bullet, the album reaches out to women across the world that can join them in all being ‘the girls’.

[…]

As the old saying goes, the devil’s in the details, but NOVA TWINS are a crafty pair that are admirable because the deeper you look, the more their songs unravel like a Pandora’s box of wonders. A prime example of this is the track Bullet, a feminist anthem that’s an open letter to cat-calling sexists and blares an ugly reality toward the mirror of society. The song’s finite details highlight NOVA TWINS creative wisdom that give the songs an extra punch, with the repetitive use of cat-calling whistles represents the repeated times women face cat-calling and how annoying it sounds. Also nearing the end of the song there’s a verse that draws similarities to typical rap verses, talking about ‘bitches and hoes, diamond and gold’ that peels back the gross underbelly of rap’s continuous sexism toward women that’s always objectified them.

The tracks feel effortless with their catchy beats and juxtaposing tones wrapping you inside and allowing you to get lost in the rhythm. But like a kiss with a fist the lyrics jolt you back into reality with a hard pill to swallow along the way. Not My Day is a personal favourite as it’s a simple, relatable track that vents the frustrations of feeling ignored and having a tough time. Each song has its own distinctive moment within this album that establishes its own story. For example, Taxi uses the fast past rhythm and climax that might remind one of the fast pace coming and going of a taxi in London (where the pair originate from) and honestly, this song feels straight out of a James Bond film.

dork, 2022:

https://readdork.com/features/nova-twins-we-want-people-to-listen-to-supernova-and-feel-like-they-can-take-on-the-world/

Nova Twins persevered, and despite not being able to feel the tangible fruits of their labour, they still managed to solidify their status as one of the most exciting, expectation-defying and pioneering bands around. They collaborated and toured with Bring Me The Horizon, picked up the accolade of Best Breakthrough Band at the Heavy Music Awards, and even gained a fan in Rage Against The Machine icon Tom Morello.

DIY MAG august 2022:

Nova Twins are long overdue a victory lap. Back in early 2020, they unleashed one of the year’s most accomplished debut albums in the form of ‘Who Are The Girls?’; a record that ripped rulebooks to shreds with its genre-demolishing hybrid of rock, punk, grime and electronic. They were quickly tipped as a one-to-watch, yet more significantly, were hailed for bringing fresh new sounds and a new voice to a famously male, pale and stale genre. The visibility of these two women with afros and bright, punky outfits in magazines and on Spotify playlists felt genuinely important, the start of a paradigm shift where young Black women going to rock shows could see people on stage who looked like them.

premier guitar

“They asked when we went into the studio, ‘Do you guys want to use synths?’ We said, ‘No, we don’t. We want to be able to do it [our way] and see if we can,'” says South. “And being women of color, we feel like we have to prove ourselves 10 times harder. So doing it in that raw form, playing all the pedals at once, and being able to play it all live was the way we needed to do it, especially on the debut album. We’re not saying we might not use synths in the future. We don’t know. But the debut is special, and we wanted to be able to prove that to everybody.”

[…]

Channeling her 4-string obsession, South crafts lines that hit as hard as many five-piece metal bands. And we’re not talking about riding eighth notes, either. From melodic flourishes to devastating riffs, each song covers her entire fretboard. Listen to the filtered, staccato stabs and manipulated metal explosions in the new album’s “Bullet” and you’ll understand. She pushes it all through a surprisingly small, multi-amp setup of a Gallien-Krueger MB 212 bass combo and an old Marshall Valvestate guitar combo, which packs a 12AX7 preamp tube into an otherwise solid-state circuit.

“The Gallien-Krueger combo is so small and so light,” South says. “It’s perfect when traveling in a car to all the venues, which we did in the past. We even did huge shows, and it still filled the room. And the Marshall Valvestate was cool because I couldn’t blow any valves up. And I’ve blown up Ampegs!”

Love, on the other hand, is a lesson in restraint—though not tonally. Her guitar cuts an equally savage path through their tracks. But as a songwriter first, her style is all about serving Nova Twins.

“I love Annie Clark,” Love shares. “She’s quite interesting with St. Vincent. And the way that Jack White made guitars scream, they were quite angular. I really enjoyed that as well. But I never looked to guitar players that I admired. We developed in our own band, in a bubble. I mean, the guitar doesn’t have to be busy. It can be like little hip-hop lines here and there or tiny color counterparts. It’s there to support the bass and add nuance.”

guitar world amy love

Thereafter, it’s about finding a tone that will cut through and be heard. “Because the bass is so wide and low, I tend to also go super-high, like a falsetto range,” says Love. “Especially with the sound being so heavy, I tend to play higher octaves up the neck because it is a way for it to cut through.”

[…]

Love said that Abbiss was not concerned with polishing the album’s sound, and that things like pedal glitches would be “celebrated”.(guitar world)

she shreds

I have a master playlist of songs I’ve been trying to learn, and Nova Twins’ “Mood Swings” and “Hit Girl” have been on it for months now. How do you usually go about writing your music?

Georgia: I think it’s all different, really! For Who Are The Girls? we would just be in one room and really kind of worked on it together. We would vibe off each other. It’s so funny, because when we don’t feel the vibe, we both don’t feel it. We’ll both know, “Oh, this isn’t working…” and then change it up.

Amy: I think we bring who we are to the table, and obviously the world around that grows. A lot of the time, Georgia deals with the music and I do a lot of the top line. Then we sort of bring it together and finesse it, add this and that.

guitar world (idk which one)

Abbiss, Love and South took time to play around with sounds from their pedalboards, finding glitches within different pedal and instruments to give tracks depth and an innovative, challenging sound.

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