One of the most buzzing bands on the metal scene right now is Twitching Tongues. The So Cal band, which incorporates elements from all of metal’s extreme sub-genres into its own unique blend, just released its third album Disharmony via Metal Blade Records. Having formed in 2009, Twitching Tongues released Sleep Therapy on I Scream in 2011 and In Love There Is No Law in 2013 on Closed Casket Activities. So they’ve quietly and steadily been building a catalog, a fan base, and a live show in just a few years time. ARTISTdirect’s Amy Sciarretto spoke to singer Colin Young, who is all of 24, about song sequels, music-as-therapy, and more.
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Amy Sciarretto: What do rock fans need to know about Twitching Tongues, since this interview serves as an introduction of the band to our readers?
Colin Young: Wow! What a question.
AS: I like to keep you on your toes.
CY: I am on my tippy toes with this one. To those who enjoy all of the many spectrums of extreme music, you might enjoy Twitching Tongues. There is a little bit of everything, with doom and death metal influence, and hardcore riffs with relatively clean vocals over them, all of the time. I describe the music as ‘Suffocation meets Fleetwood Mac.’
AS: Whoa! Back up a second. Those are two band names you don’t usually hear in the same sentence and that don’t always share space in the same CD collections or on the same iTunes libraries.
CY: You’ve probably never heard those names at the same time before!
AS: Truth! The band is able to walk the line between genres without a net… do you ever worry about not being able to achieve seamlessness with the music?
CY: People eventually do get it… but some never do. That is something we are definitely used to. What we always want to do is be ourselves and not compromise what we do creatively because someone else might not get it.
AS: What about within the band? Is the process democratic?
CY: The writing is done by my brother [guitarist Taylor Young] and I. Over the years, it has evolved with our tastes. It has gotten weirder and heavier. That was always the idea. A lot of bands similar to us get softer over time. They get more friendly. I wouldn’t say that we are less friendly; but I would say that we are definitely weird and hard to swallow and even I get that. I look at the bands that we’re generally influenced by and a lot of them never got past a certain point.
My brother and I are not casual listeners [of music]. We want to know everything. We want to hear everything. We aren’t for the casual listener. There is a love-hate relationship with Twitching Tongues. We don’t do the middle ground. People either praise it or totally hate it with the new record. I am not surprised that that is the response it’s getting.
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