Tears In The Reign
We meet again folks for my second outing with TWHWISYN, and we have a definitive, measured sense of awareness and progress. The lads have harnessed a greater thought process and sensitivity that heightens the listener’s attention and acceptance.
‘My Anaemic Friend’ kicks off this three- piece EP and there is nothing weak or lethargic about this work. Although there is a fragility and an innocence, these qualities are in fact the backbone of these songs. I hear a little Nick Cave and The National in the overall feel and tone, it is melancholic yet exquisite in its’ eccentric jollification. In the company of a ‘Lovely Shiny Teardrop’ we weep as the sadness takes its toll and the solitary teardrop explodes into a thousand shards of glass. To admit that ‘I’m Not Well’ is indeed a brave move in a world where many suffer but few share their experiences. This song contains the words ‘my anaemic friend’ and with the sweeping guitar at 3.30 to gather up all the unwanted and the forlorn, we embrace this short yet significant record and hold it close to our hearts for comfort and companionship.
In these winter months there is no need for despair, for when the wolf howls, and the teardrop glistens under the starless sky, let us float away once upon a scream.
TWHWISYN – Where Flies Will Reign out 3rd January 2020 on self- release.