{{Short description|American pop band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mr Twin Sister | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = No | alias = | origin = [[New York City]], New York, U.S. | genre = [[indie pop]], [[chillwave]], [[dream pop]], [[Electronic music|electronic]], [[psychedelic pop]]<ref name="dis">Renshaw, David [http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15643/reviews/4140936 "Twin Sister - Color Your Life/Vampires With Dreaming Kids"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910100824/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15643/reviews/4140936 |date=2010-09-10 }}, Drowned In Sound, September 7th, 2010</ref> | years_active = 2008–present | label = {{hlist|Infinite Best|Double Six|[[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]}} | website = {{URL|https://mrtwinsister.com}} | current_members = * Eric Cardona * Gabe D'Amico * Andrea Estella * Udbhav "Dev" Gupta * Bryan Ujueta }} '''Mr Twin Sister''', formerly known as '''Twin Sister''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/55329-mr-twin-sister-formerly-twin-sister-celebrate-name-change-with-new-track-out-of-the-dark/|title=Mr. Twin Sister, Formerly Twin Sister, Celebrate Name Change With New Track "Out of the Dark"|website=Pitchfork|date=27 May 2014 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> is an American band from [[New York City]]. Their music has been described as [[chill wave]],<ref name="dis"/> [[indie pop]],<ref name="FP">Lopez, L.V. [http://frontpsych.com/2011/08/17/the-class-of-2011-an-interview-with-twin-sister/ "The Class of 2011: An Interview with Twin Sister"], Frontier Psychiatrist, August 17th, 2011</ref><ref name="pitchforkrising">{{citation|title=Rising: Twin Sister|date=April 27, 2010|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/38590-rising-twin-sister/|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=July 27, 2010}}</ref> [[dream pop]], and [[disco]].<ref>Caramanica, Jon, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/arts/music/31twin.html?_r=1 "In the Wee, Steamy Hours, a Wash of Languorous Pop"], The New York Times, May 30, 2010</ref> They have been compared to [[Cocteau Twins]]<ref name="bbc">White, Chris, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zb28 "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life Review"] BBC Music, 20 September 2010</ref> and [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]].<ref>Lockwood, Andrew, [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/twin-sister-vampires-with-dreaming-kids-color-your-life "Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids/Color Your Life Album Review"], Contact Music</ref> They have toured the US and Europe.<ref>{{citation|title=Summer Tour with Bear in Heaven|date=April 28, 2010|url=http://twinsistermusic.com/shows/tour/summer-tour-bear-heaven/|accessdate=July 27, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723121408/http://twinsistermusic.com/shows/tour/summer-tour-bear-heaven/|archive-date=July 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="themusicfix">{{citation|title=UK debut for Twin Sister|url=http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/news-flash/11270/uk-debut-for-twin-sister.html|work=The Music Fix|accessdate=July 27, 2010}}</ref>
The band members are singer Andrea Estella, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabel D'Amico, guitarist-singer Eric Cardona, and drummer Bryan Ujueta.<ref name="pitchforkrising"/><ref name="dis"/>
== History ==
The band formed in 2008 when the five members of Twin Sister came together to work on ''Vampires With Dreaming Kids''.<ref name="themusicfix"/> They relocated to Brooklyn where they built a small following.<ref name="FP"/><ref>{{citation|title=2010 Twilight Concert Series|url=http://www.slcgov.com/arts/twilight/lineup.htm|accessdate=July 27, 2010}}</ref> Their EP ''Color Your Life'' was released on [[Domino Recording Company|Domino Records]] in the UK<ref name="domino">[http://dominorecordco.com/artists/twin-sister "Twin Sister"] Domino - Artists</ref> and Infinite Best in the USA.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101228010507/http://infinitebestrecordings.com/site/releases/color-yr-life/ "Color Your Life"]}} Infinite Best Recordings, March 30, 2010</ref>
Their song "All Around And Away We Go" was voted No. 59 in the 2010 [[Pitchfork Media]] tracks of the year poll<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7895-the-top-100-tracks-of-2010/5/ "The Top 100 Tracks of 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216104830/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7895-the-top-100-tracks-of-2010/5 |date=2010-12-16 }}, Pitchfork Media, December 13, 2010</ref> and they were voted at No. 3 in the Best Hope for 2011 section of the readers poll.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7892-2010-pitchfork-readers-poll/3/ "2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll"] Pitchfork Media, January 3, 2011</ref>
The 2012 hip-hop hit "[[The Recipe (Kendrick Lamar song)|The Recipe]]" by [[Kendrick Lamar]], featuring [[Dr. Dre]] and produced by Scoop Deville, [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] Twin Sister's song "Meet the Frownies", as did the 2023 [[drift phonk]] song "LOVELY BASTARDS" by yatashigang and ZWE1HVNDXR.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Frownies by Mr Twin Sister|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Mr-Twin-Sister/Meet-the-Frownies/|website=WhoSampled|access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref>
In 2014, the band changed their name from Twin Sister to Mr Twin Sister, following legal threats from the similarly-named 1970s band Twin Sisters.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/artist/mr-twin-sister-mn0003296434#biography |title=Mr Twin Sister - Biography |publisher=AllMusic }}</ref>
Andrea Estella replaced [[Leighton Meester]] as Carrie Bishop in the Kickstarter-funded film [[Veronica Mars (film)|''Veronica Mars'']], released in 2014.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/leighton-meester-unavailable-veronica-mars-585233 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=Leighton Meester 'Unavailable' for 'Veronica Mars' Movie; Replaced by Singer Andrea Estella | date=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Studio albums=== *''In Heaven'' (September 27, 2011) *''Mr Twin Sister'' (September 23, 2014) *''Salt'' (October 25, 2018) *''Al Mundo Azul'' (November 19, 2021)
===EPs===
* ''Vampires With Dreaming Kids'' (November 1, 2008)<ref name="bbc"/> * ''Color Your Life'' (March 30, 2010)<ref name="domino"/> * ''Split'' (with [[The Luyas]]) (April 16, 2011) *''Upright And Even'' (October 28, 2022)
===Compilation Albums===
* ''Alternates'' (March 13, 2010) * ''Mr Twin Sister (Demos, Outtakes, B-Sides)'' (September 23, 2024)
===Singles===
* ''Bad Street '' (September, 2011) * ''Kimmi In a Rice Field / Bad Street Remixes'' (December, 2011) * ''The Erotic Book'' (May, 2015) * ''Poor Relations'' (November, 2016) * ''Jaipur'' (June, 2018) * ''Power of Two / Echo Arms'' (August 24, 2018) * ''Diary / Expressions'' (February, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Release group "Diary / Expressions" by Mr Twin Sister - MusicBrainz|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/e003ac58-df54-4deb-91c5-9bdaf9e46d67|access-date=2021-04-13|website=musicbrainz.org}}</ref> * ''Polvo'' (September, 2021) * ''Ballarino'' (October, 2021) * ''Beezle'' (November, 2021) * ''Re-sort'' (November, 2022)
===Eric Cardona’s Solo Work===
* ''Cell Songs'' (Album, February 2019) * ''Two Moons'' (Single, March 2019)
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== External links ==
*{{official website|https://mrtwinsister.com/}} *[http://dominorecordco.com/artists/twin-sister Domino Records site] *{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20111110134758/http://www.brain-magazine.com/article/interviews/6256-Twin-Sister---Soeurs-Sourire-de-la-Pop Twin sister, Soeurs sourire de la pop] in [[Brain magazine]]
=== Reviews === * [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/arts/music/31twin.html New York Times review of a May 30, 2010 concert in Williamsburg, Brooklyn] * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zb28 BBC Review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life] * [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/twin-sister-vampires-with-dreaming-kids-color-your-life Contact Music review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life] * [http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15643/reviews/4140936 Drowned In Sound review of Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910100824/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15643/reviews/4140936 |date=2010-09-10 }} * [http://www.qromag.com/reviews/album_reviews/twin_sister_color_your_life/ QRO Magazine review of Color Your Life] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140514124127/http://www.indiescreet.com/review-twin-sister-%E2%80%93-color-your-life/ Indiescreent review of Color Your Life] * [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14073-color-your-life/ Pitchfork review of Color Your Life]
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