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“A lot of muscle and clarity.”
- STEREOGUM
“A dense, beautiful, and often-haunting patchwork of bedroom pop and baroque textures. It sounds timeless in its weight and wholeness.”
- IMPOSE MAGAZINE
New York’s Fraternal Twin, the project of musician Tom Christie, is excited to share Skin Gets Hot (Deluxe), an expanded edition of their fan favorite debut record. The album is complete with two new studio recordings tracked and mixed by producer Dan Howard (Victoryland, Forth Wanderers, Ben Special) at Chateau Grand in Brooklyn—a re-recording of the title track and one previously unreleased song—along with several cassette demos from the era.
On the release, Tom shares, “I wanted to do something special for the 10th anniversary of ‘Skin Gets Hot’ last year, but the band was in a period of transition. Our drummer, Marco Spodek, and I had been recording new music, and I didn’t know it yet — but we were just about to form a new lineup for a tour last summer that is fully based in NYC, where we live now, and it just stuck. We’ve been playing with Mariah Houston (guitar) and Forrest Philpot (bass) for a year now and we work well together. I’ve had this vague idea to re-record the title track with the live band for quite a while now, but it didn’t materialize until earlier this year, along with a sort of lost song called “Better Off” that, for some reason, didn’t end up on the album all those years ago. I also went through all my old tapes for as many demos from back then as I could find. So it’s a time capsule that goes back over a decade, but it’s also a snapshot of where the band is right now.”
For the past several years, Tom Christie has been arranging an ever-twisting and shifting song of his own. Beginning in New York's Hudson Valley, where he grew up, Tom fleshed out the soft and intricate songs that became the first Fraternal Twin album, Skin Gets Hot. Released quietly in the spring of 2015, the album passed from fan to fan and developed a cult reputation based on its uniquely intimate display of raw emotion. Their sophomore effort, Homeworlding (2016) is an impressively natural progression from their debut.
LISTEN TO SKIN GETS HOT (DELUXE)
WATCH “SKIN GETS HOT (REVISITED)”
A busy presence on the East Coast, Tom and his band have shared stages with Girlpool, Palm, Destroyer, Frankie Cosmos, Soccer Mommy, Vagabon, Horse Jumper of Love, Porches, and more. More shows will be announced soon. To stay up to date, follow @fraternaltwin on Instagram.
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