Artist description Twinemen are a new band that combine improvisation and organic soul chemistry with a deep respect for the songs create music that is difficult to describe, and yet resonates with a warm sense of familiarity

Music Style Low Rock, Alternative, AAA, Adult Alternative

Musical Influences Morphine, John Coltrane, Cowboy Junkies

Similar Artists Morphine, Portishead, Ivy, Cowboy Junkies,

Artist History The manifesto was to continue to create unusual music, and Dana and Billy have a credible history of just that from their years with the band Morphine. Twinemen were brought together after the death of their friend and bandmate, Mark Sandman, leaving Dana and Billy without the band they had been a part of for ten years, with five records, (Rykkodisc,Dreamworks )a Grammy nominated video and relentless worldwide touring. This is their first original project since Morphine. In the year after Mark’s death they put together Orchestra Morphine, a nine piece rollicking celebration of the work of Morphine, and toured the US and Italy.. One of the members of Orchestra Morphine was singer Laurie Sargent, and with her the seeds were sown for the music that would become Twinemen. Dana, Billy and Laurie spent the summer of 2001 working in their Cambridge, Ma. studio, Hi-N-Dry, the studio in which Morphine created and recorded. Comfortable with their surroundings and their musical past, they began developing ideas that grew into songs, and these songs grew into Twinemen. With the help of Russ Gershon and Evan Harriman (Orchestra Morphine), and Andrew Mazzone and Stuart Kimball (Laurie Sargent, Family Jewels), they created a collection of darkly hopeful songs that reflect both a past and the possibilities of the future.

Group Members Billy Conway, Dana Colley, Laurie Sargent

Instruments Saxophone, drums, guitar and bass with vocals

Albums Twinemen self -titled

Press Reviews “The beacon for creating these songs was to make music that couldn’t be easily categorized,” Conway points out. “I like the open endedness of this group. We left the door open for any direction we wanted to take.” For Colley, that includes turns at bass, guitar, piano, and other instruments. For Conway, that means replacing the drummer’s usual urge to be rhythmic with the idea of being simply musical - a tack that’s already a hallmark of his formidable style. “It’s probably the most unstructured music I’ve ever played,” says Sargent. And yet it seems as solid as the brick walls that enclose Hi-N-Dry. Ted Drowsdowski/The Boston Phoenix “An enthralling new band,” Steve Morse/The Boston Globe “Truly an original thought… the rhythms are hypnotic and resonate on almost a biological level - meaning the songs feel as natural as a heartbeat. It is eerie and comforting at the same time, much like life itself.” Bonnie Milner/Longview Farm Recording Studio

Location Boston, MA - USA

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