Bring Yourself [Coke Bottle Vinyl LP]

The Twang - Bring Yourself [Coke Bottle Vinyl LP]

Making their first album since 2019 wasn't even on the cards when The Twang first tip-toed back into the studio two years ago. The death of lead songwriter Jon Watkin's wife, a friendship in freefall, and the feeling that their best might be behind them had pushed the Birmingham band to the brink of collapse. Then Bring Yourself arrived: what began as a bridge-building exercise, a way to get four working-class lads to look each other in the eye and be honest, morphed into a manifesto for living in the moment and gave The Twang back their groove.

Recorded live and produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.), it was Ross who gave Bring Yourself its title and its powerful, back-to-basics sound. “Ross had this phrase, ‘Bring thissen,’ which became our mantra,” says guitarist Phil Etheridge. “It means be yourself, bring the real you and no other nonsense.” Two decades since The Twang's breakthrough gold-selling debut Love It When I Feel Like This, Bring Yourself comes as a celebration — of the gang being back on track, of their new-found respect for each other, and of the Noughties indie-rock scene the band helped spawn, which is bigger now than it's ever been.

Track Listing:
A1. Something To Someone
A2. Sandbags
A3. Crazy
A4. Always Something
A5. Kings
B1. Candlestick
B2. Where Are We Going
B3. Who Knows Where
B4. Pringle Jumpers
B5. Put It On