New Music: Twerps - I Don’t Mind
Melbourne lo-fi lovelies Twerps have made the perfect Sunday slacker song.. Lo-fi garage pop was really on trend my formative gig-attending years. For my 21st birthday I made all my mates come and see Best Coast at Becks Box, and I’ll never forget lining up for ages during a Chicago heatwave to see Real Estate play an incredible set in a crowded basement for the Pitchfork Festival after party. Plus, growing up in Perth, you’re steeped in the stuff: rough-and-raw band bills out the back of record stores and in backyards were a staple of most of my early-twenties weekends. For whatever reason, lo-fi garage seems to taken a back seat at the moment, with beats ruling the current contemporary music landscape. However, Twerps’ new track I Don’t Mind presents a prime opportunity to welcome some lo-fi slacker garage back into all of our lives. Melbourne’s DIY scene has always been a goldmine for raw indie garage, and Melbourne four-piece Twerps are one of the bands that have led that charge. E
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