Nova Twins' third album Parasites & Butterflies builds on their trademark hybrid of rock, metal, punk and hip-hop while stretching toward pop and broader anthemic soundscapes. Production by Rich Costey and contributions from Ilan Rubin and sampled Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat produce larger, more overtly anthemic textures. Songs such as Soprano and Hummingbird introduce sugary harmonies, semi-operatic pop moments, multi-layered vocals, unusual guitar processing and inventive percussion. Lyrical themes grow more open and introspective, addressing mental-health tolls and vulnerability on tracks like Parallel Universe and Monsters. Hard-hitting riffs and big grooves remain on tracks such as Piranha, confirming continued intensity.
Their third album packs more of the trademark hybrid of rock, metal, punk and hip-hop that elbowed them to the front of a still male-dominated genre, but pushes at their boundaries and tiptoes towards pop. Nova Twins: Parasites & Butterflies. Working with Foo Fighters/Charli xcx producer Rich Costey and a supporting cast including former Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin and (via their first use of sampling) Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat, the sound is bigger and more blatantly anthemic.
Hummingbird a kaleidoscopic collage of multi-layered vocals, unusual guitar processing and inventive percussion sums up their spirit of adventure: Spread your wings. Lyrically, there's more openness and introspection. Parallel Universe allows a glimpse of the toll on mental health of years in the business: You loathe all the things you hide within yourself, Love sings. The particularly anthemic Monsters still packs the attitude that saw off the naysayers who think this kind of music should not be made by young Black women, but adds vulnerability:
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