A Quick Chat with Twins Sport

What are the origins of Twins Sport? How did it start?

I’d been playing bass in bands my whole life. Jaded and apathetic, I decided the only way I wanted to continue was to go it alone; no one to blame but myself.  

Coincidently, 2020 happened and I was able to focus on the project with no other musical commitments. It was me in a tiny one-bedroom apartment, trading pedals with others bored of a bedroom sound until I found a voice I liked.  

Isolation was lifted and friends returned to the fold. Gemma O’Connor helped me form the songs from bedroom mumbles into music and I dragged in my oldest friends to help get a band off the ground.   

Tell us a bit about the new album. What does it mean to you?

The album is a snapshot of my lie so far. There are songs of me leaving home for the first time, abusing youth and pushing myself to a fault. There are songs of reflection about missing the good things while they are happening.

Are there any inspirations you look to beyond music when writing or performing?

I’m not a creative that requires pain or inspiration to write. I doodle, mumble nonsense, write and rewrite. Gemma shaped the lyrics and meaning to unwind the purpose of the songs. I’ve always found it hard to find meaning while writing, the meaning comes after the fact. 

Name the five songs that have informed your song writing more than any others.

Blur – Tracy Jacks 

Pulp – This is Hardcore

Blonde Redhead – SW

The Peep Tempel – Neuroplasticity 

DIIV - Horsehead 

What Australian bands are you listening to at the moment?

Al Matcott 

Georgia Knight

Blue Vedder 

Grazer 

Rinse

How do you hope your music might impact listeners?

I want listeners to take their own impact from this. I feel a sense of longing for my old self and have placed a grandiose view on what were at the time mundane.