“There's a single moment on New Wave revivalist George Lewis Jr.'s third album as Twin Shadow where he throws off his leather coat to get lost in pure ecstasy. It comes on "Old Love/New Love," a house-beat-driven highlight that offers rave-level bliss on an album that more often sticks to cocksure swagger ("To the Top," "When the Lights Turn Out") or somber introspection ("Turn Me Up"). Of those tw”
“George Lewis Jr. of Twin Shadow has always made music that felt rooted in '80s pop radio, a moment when thundering drum machines and vocal overdubs stormed the Earth. Here he's trying for something even more grand, but the trouble with big leaps is that they can come with precipitous drop-offs.”
“Twin Shadow's nostalgia addiction worsens on his latest album.”
