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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CANDY TWINS AND THEIR MUSIC:'Fantastic ... beautiful ... unbelievable,' EDWYN COLLINS 'Gliding jangle pop hooks ... catchy clever lyrics ... makes me want to to jump up and down,' INDIE-MP3 'Infectious indie pop from up-and-coming guitar outfit. Jangly guitars and great hook are reminiscent of The Kinks and The Wedding Present and the chanting chorus is seriously addictive.' THE SUN (Hot Track of the Week 13/03/08 4/5 rating) 'Flotter Brit Pop mit hoher Drehzahl die Gemüter erwärmt und die Herzen zum Toben bringt,' LEIPZIGER INTERNET ZEITUNGOfficial video for A Younger Crowd is here ... download single now available from itunes and other sites. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=273562516&s=143444

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Member Since: 5/13/2007
Band Members: David Young - Guitars, songwriting, vocals; Jon Worsnop - Guitars, vocals Mat Durrance - Bass Guitar, vocals; Nona Lawrence - Violin, mandolin; Ian Defty - Drums and Percussion
Influences: Neil Young, Edwyn Collins, Orange Juice, The Wedding Present, The Lemonheads, Kevin Coyne, Man, Snow Patrol, The Human League, The Only Ones.
Sounds Like: New EP now available from www.banquetrecords.com or Banquet Records store in Eden Street, Kingston - featuring download single A Younger Crowd (released 17.03.08 on iTunes) 2007 double A-Side download single on iTunes click here Click here to buy our debut CD album Dirty Love
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Candy Twins Europe tour diary March 2008

Here’s our tour diary!! Monday March 17th 2008 Guildford Final practise round at Korush’s. Actually when we say final, it was only the second time the musicians going on tour had all got t...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:58:00 PST

New Candy Twins EP available now from Banquet Records

Advance copies of our new EP Dance Me To Heaven are now available from Banquet Records in Eden Street, Kingston or from their online store. This is ahead of the release of our download single A Younge...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:31:00 PST

Euro tour confirmed including Winterkids in Berlin

All dates on our Europe tour are now confirmed! 18.03 Cafe Stiels in Haarlem in the Netherlands 19.03 Bang Bang Club Berlin with Winterkids 20.03 NochBesserLeben in Leipzig 21.03 Hotel Bergpension Han...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:24:00 PST

The Dublin Castle, Weds 12th September

We enjoyed playing the Dublin Castle and making new friends and hopefully one or two fans. Pretty good turnout considering two bands pulled out, and that England were on the box, and by default we hea...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:41:00 PST

Download single Edwyn Collins/Until The Daydream on iTunes

It's out now: Buy it here http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=256400582&s=143444...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:21:00 PST

Debut album 'Dirty Love' now available

You can buy it here online from Banquet Records in Kingston. Or in person from Banquet Record, 52 Eden Street Or at our gigs....
Posted by The Candy Twins on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

Oh beautiful Betsey

Well they say it's the smallest music venue in central London and it is teeny. Night started off badly when deputy drummer Jason was stung by a wasp on his hand. Despite an allergic reaction he was a ...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:40:00 PST

The Turtle in Reading and Boom Boom in Sutton

Two more gigs but both beset by niggling problems. Purple Turtle is a great venue - good crowd in there for a Tuesday night though as we on first pretty sparse for us. Tuning and feedback problems too...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:34:00 PST

Rockin the Horse

Our debut at the Grey Horse was a lovely evening. Linear Accelerator showed amazing guitar and bass skills - fretboard acrobats or what. Then us. First gig as a four piece. Got better as it went on wi...
Posted by The Candy Twins on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:27:00 PST