{"id":1497,"date":"2019-01-22T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T00:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiswasnyc.com\/?page_id=1497"},"modified":"2019-01-22T22:24:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T03:24:44","slug":"the-twenty-twos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tiswasnyc.com\/?page_id=1497","title":{"rendered":"The Twenty Twos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jenny, Terrah, Hannah and Jonny made up the Twenty Twos<\/strong>. An album was recorded for Tiswas Records before the band was\u00a0picked up by Epic Records. Though the band toured extensively both the USA and the UK unfortunately the full album was never released but a four song EP was released on Epic\/Tiswas Records.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"A-1199706-1468040666-4341.jpeg\"<\/a>Comprising of\u00a0Jenny Christmas (lead vocals and guitar), Terrah Schroll (vocals and keyboards), Hannah Moorhead (bass) and Jonny Cragg (drums)\u00a0The Twenty Twos were founded\u00a0in\u00a0the spring of 2002 when Moorhead and Schroll met through mutual friend Tracy Bonham, and began writing songs in a makeshift bedroom studio in Schroll\u2019s Astoria apartment. Jenny Christmas, a highly regarded guitarist and singer-songwriter unofficially known as the hottest bartender in the East Village soon joined and intensive songwriting and a rigorous rehearsal schedule yielded palpable results. By the end of the summer, the band lineup included ex-Spacehog drummer Jonny Cragg, a wily British import with a reputation for being one of the best drummers in New York City. The only thing was, Cragg was never hired by The Twenty Twos. After agreeing to attend a rehearsal with the sole intention of poaching Moorhead for one of his myriad other projects, Jonny was so moved by the band\u2019s sound and vision that he immediately ditched his scheme and pledged allegiance to Jenny, Hannah and Terrah. According to Cragg, the decision was simple: \u201cThey were way better-looking than anyone I was playing with at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lineup complete, success came swiftly for The Twenty Twos. Their unprecedented blend of driving rhythms, vintage synth noise and disquieting lyrics attracted the attention of British spaz rock act Supergrass, who invited The Twenty Twos to open for them in early 2003 at New York \u00fcbervenue Irving Plaza. By the fall of 2003, The Twenty Twos found themselves on an extensive tour of the UK supporting fellow New York art rockers Stellastarr*. 2004 brought more US tour dates with Supergrass, and by the end of the year the band was finally ready to lock themselves in the studio and start recording an album. A five-song EP was\u00a0released on the Tiswas Records\/Epic label to support The Twenty Twos\u2019 participation in the 2005 Vans Warped Tour.<\/p>\n

While The Twenty Twos\u2019 sound was far from sugar-coated, their songs displayed a sophisticated pop sensibility that can alternately induce you a lump in your throat or steal your next-door neighbor\u2019s Camaro and drive cross-country really, really fast. Cragg and Moorhead\u2019s rhythm section was suffocatingly tight, deftly switching from punk to spacey pop in songs like \u201cAll Made Up\u201d with the contained fury of an electrical storm. Christmas\u2019s guitar playing was uncommonly resourceful, almost to the point of being economic \u2013 she has an extraordinary gift for knowing exactly how much to play without ever losing momentum or going overboard.<\/p>\n

Schroll\u2019s vocal style managed to mix seamlessly with Christmas\u2019s while remaining distinct enough to carry breathtaking leads on darker numbers like \u201cRadio.\u201d Her arsenal of vintage keyboards provided lush, neo-prog soundscapes that lent the band\u2019s radio-ready pop songs a refreshing unpredictability and at times epic scope. With influences as diverse as The Cure, The Clash, Stevie Wonder and Yes, it\u2019s not surprising that The Twenty Twos sounded like nothing you\u2019ve ever heard before.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Twenty Twos
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  1. She Does<\/li>\n
  2. Obvious<\/li>\n
  3. Touch & Go<\/li>\n
  4. Feel Alive<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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