From new album “Range Anxiety”,to be released 23rd Jan 2015 on Chapter Music Records.
When Twerps got together in 2008, they’ve said they wanted to write a song like the Clean‘s“Anything Could Happen”. The Melbourne band did just that, and on their 2009 self-titled EP, the influence of the Clean and other Flying Nun artists could be heard in the paced-but-driving riffs of songs like “Little Guys”. Unfortunately, the EP wasn’t very cohesive
“Voice” can be a nebulous term for four people, but the the band definitely has a unified point of view here. Musically, Twerps features several breezy, reverb-laced riffs, most of which could earn them an easy comparison to Real Estate— although the influence, again, likely comes from their Australia- and New Zealand-based forebears. There are also some assertive riffs, like the driving surf rock solo of “Dreamin'” or the urgent, distortion-heavy refrain of “Don’t Be Surprised”. And, on “Who Are You”, a paced, inebriated sing-along, the band’s joined by members of their Australian rock community,
They’re tightest thematically: Every song follows a related narrative of young, conflicted love. These are all good examples of what they do so well on Twerps: excellent melodies, simple guitar lines, and simple lyrics that imply something urgent or devastating. As they’ve said in interviews, they’ve done some growing up for this album, and you can hear it, mostly in the tone of their instruments. They make those bold, doe-eyed statements, then offset them by a tinge of melancholy in their guitars, implying something more self-aware and devastating.
The Fat Angel Sings 