Realeased November 15, 2010 on the album Forget
Lyrics: http://www.songs-lyrics.net/so-Twin-Shadow-lyrics-Forget-lyrics-At-My-Heels-lyrics-qsxatpty.html
This tune brings "back" the new wave sound of the 80's, and reminds me somewhat of the song In A Big Country. On About.com's Alternative Music posts, Twin Shadow's music is described as "a kind of retro, electro-tinged soul-balladry; peddling big songs with big choruses, big synths, big echo, and big drama (and, y'know, big hair). Whilst Lewis obviously owes a debt to the 1970s output of ELO and David Bowie, there's a distinctly '80s vibe to his jams"
Strangely, in this day and age, that there isn't even a Wikipedia article for Twin Shadow that will pop up among a Google search (how many people/groups/organizations can say that? Even this blog pops up when doing a search on Google for "Amature Music Mixer", and it's only been "in the cloud" for three months since it was created at the time of this posting!). Twin Shadow does have a Wikipedia article, but, not only does a more specific search than usual need to be done to find it, there isn't much for info to be found there! Even so, Twin Shadow has been featured as a "Band of the Week" on October 7th, 2010 on Rolling Stone magazine's website. Oddly, that coincides when this blog site was first set-up! Unfortunately, that's the only connection that I can claim to the efforts and talents of Twin Shadow.
Twin Shadow is another one of those "groups" that isn't a group. Like Owl City, and Grande, Twin Shadow is the performance alias for George Lewis Jr. Like Owl City's Adam Young, Lewis does all his own recording and producing, and (more shades of Young, and his basement studio) he tends to do it in hotel rooms using portable equipment. Lewis also has something of a hair style akin to that of La Roux's Eleanor Jackson. Lewis is listed as "twentysomething" with no actual birthdate in some articles and Wikipedia, (although Pitchfork says he's 26) but it is known that he was born in the Dominican Republic, then moved to Florida and then to Boston and finally to New York City. His work as Twin Shadow began after he arrived in the Big Apple, where he strives to stay off the "dark path" that has befallen so many by staying focused on the music he creates.
The name "Twin Shadow" is derived from the fact that he has a twin sister, and he refers to himself as her "Twin Shadow". This song comes from the debut album for Lewis, called Forget that was released officially on November 15, 2010. Another song from the album, Castles in the Snow (listen here on youtube) has been receiving quite a bit of praise from the likes of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.com, with Pitchfork saying of the album as a whole, "It is sophisticated enough to withstand close, repeated listening. The songs may be catchy, but their intricacy and thoughtful storytelling makes them stick."
Some of the songs on the album discuss some rather less-than-nice memories of childhood (based on what I've read), but only half of the songs have this tone. The other half, which At My Heels falls under is more upbeat, and as Pitchfork also says, "sweet".
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