Confess [VINYL]

Another fine offering delivered by Twin Shadow. Reminds this reviewer of AR Kane, Psychedelic Furs and The The in terms of glossy layered production, mechanised beats and synths, and lush vocals dishing out libido-led lyrics; throw in some Peter Gabriel theatricality. There's a knowing, yet unabashed cheesiness to the arrangements here. Highlights: 'golden light' and 'beg for the night.' It's not for everyone, but builds on the first LP 'Forget' and commits more to the 80s vibe and formulae experimented on there. If you liked that, this one will feel at once familiar and bolder. Probably best to check the Amazon US site, and play the samples before you buy.

George Lewis Jr. aka Twin Shadow has proved with his second album ''Confess'' that he is a great singer/songwriter!This is a great indie-pop-rock-electro...in one word it's a great record! All songs are almost equaly good! There is no bad songs on the LP! Five Seconds, Run My Herat, When The Movie's Over, Be Mine Tonight and also the rest of the album is just thrilling! To me, it is the most playable album of 2012, and still is, so, I highly recommend this LP to everyone,especially to the fans of the '80. music but with energy of 2012, and everyone who loves a good song. Also with mix of Michael Brauer and mastering from the old veteran of mastering Bob Ludwig you can't go wrong! It sounds really spectacular!So I've got a CD and Vinyl. The sound is way better on CD than the LP. But the cover art is way better on Vinyl. So if you want the sound, go for a CD. If you don't mind a little less quality, and if you are a fan of a Vinyl, you should buy it, 'cause you also get a mp3-High quality coupon with it! So you can have both. But what matter the most, whatever format you choose to buy is that you will get a great music! Great songs! And that's the most important! So enjoy it!

I bought this because I wanted to listen to this weird type of music plus I liked the song that appeared on GTA 5 which isn't on any of this album so I think its only on there or its a download.

One of my favorite dream pop new wave vinyl record!

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I'm not the biggest fan of modern pop music i generally find it banal, unsophisticated and soulless. The most recent obsession pop producers have with euro dance beats and extremely annoying auto tune makes me want throw my radio through the window if i should happen to accidently turn the dial the wrong way. There are some musicians who seem to be trying to restore some credibility to the genre though, the only problem is their largely unknown by mass consumers. Twin shadow is one of these artists that i think does have the ability to reach a larger audience and hopefully his stellar new album confess might help him become a star (lord knows we could do with someone to take some attention away from the irratating likes of Justin bieber).Confess is riddled with the same retro 80's smoothness that his excellent debut Forget had, however it features a much stronger emphasis on the poppier elements of this style, with the production featuring less reverb and the instrumentation sounding louder, more melodic and direct. "Golden Light" opens the album brillaintly with George Lewis Jr delivering a staggering vocal perfomance to bombasticly smooth 80's style synths and drum machines. Lyrically it's filled with sharp, bitter declarations of apathy towards what one can only assume was a previous love interest.If there's any justice in the world lead single "Five Seconds" will be blasting out of every speaker in nightclubs for years to come; it's bouncy, buoyant, full of energy and shamelessly catchy. The rest of the album takes a similar approach to the afforementioned tracks by staying in 80's town but the scope is considerably wider with the lovely "One" drawing inspiration from The Cure's Goth pop, "Patient" combines elements of Toto's "Africa" and the sassiness of Purple rain era Prince and then there's even a little Quiet storm ala Anita Baker in "When the Movies Over".It's hard to escape from the fact that a couple of the songs on confess are a little MOR sounding, Specifically "Be Mine Tonight" feels rather vacuous when compared to the edgy dynamism and clever ambiguity of "Golden Light or "Patient". Nevertheless a spot of filler isn't strong enough to dampen this album's appeal and for anybody who's grown up on Rihanna or Bruno Mars exclusively, you'll think these lesser moments on confess are like masterworks in comparison to what you've previously heard.