“So you took a chance on being happy even though you knew that later on you’d be sad? And now you’re sad? …So, ehh, what’s the problem?”
The above quote comes from an excellent scene in a recent episode of Louie, in which our lovelorn protagonist seeks consolation from an elderly neighbor who instead berates him for his “classic idiocy” and urges him to “enjoy the heartbreak while you can, for God’s sake!”
On Love Is A Luxury, Matt Weiner (the sole entity behind TWINS) presents both sides of the love coin through two long-form, beat-driven synthesizer voyages, demonstrating just how much pleasure can be derived from each, in its own way.
A-side’s “Love Runs Deep” is all anticipation, a game of tension and release by way of ambient techno that mirrors the ups and downs of courtship with all of its micro-successes and failures. On side B, the seemingly solid ground disappears from beneath our feet and the free fall of despair begins with “The Empty Deep,” illustrating the irrevocable beauty to be found in the slow-motion descent to the bottom of the pit. But there is no bottom, and in the track’s final moments, it’s revealed that we were never really falling at all — the world spins around and around our self-important sadness, oblivious to it all, while we merely jog in place. Love is a luxury, and so is pain; so enjoy them, you idiot.
Love Is A Luxury is out now as a joint release from Weiner’s own CGI Records and the can-do-no-wrong Atlanta imprint Geographic North.
• TWINS: https://soundcloud.com/20twin
• Geographic North: http://geographic-north.com
• CGI Records: http://www.cgirecords.com
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