Twist Again - Bodies Of Water (2011)

Indie-tinged, classic-rock-conversant pop rock in the vein of New Pornographers or Arcade Fire. I guess both of those bands are Canadian while these guys hail from LA, but I don’t know if that makes a difference.

Multiple singers and a genre-hopping habit make this sound more like a comp than an album, but it’s solid throughout.

Tracks I Liked

Open Rhythms - I think this is the first song I noticed. A bluesy, chugging pop tune

Like A Stranger - a new-wave-meets-disco banger

My Hip Won’t Let Me - romping, jazzy interplay with a slightly latin flavor

Black Origami
Jlin
a dancefloor breakthrough

Floodplain
Kronos Quartet
music from the cradle of civilization