Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
That debut album, that first initial outpouring of generous performance, even in the 21st Century most people seem to think it is an album that has come naturally, that whilst you may have been writing it all your life, the easy part is over and that you can receive the applause of the multitude without breaking sweat, or suffering the anxiety of feeling as though you will be Cursed & Corrected by some who will see you as interlopers in field filled with talent and your own nightmare scenario of them having more right to be in the limelight than you.
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, no matter who you are, you deserve to have the plaudits smile and words placed upon your offering to the world, regardless of whether it is your initial foray and foraging expedition, or your twentieth and the world has catapulted you to near sainthood. For in the pursuit of art must come a disappointment of sorts, but it is one that is fleeting, and the search for the extraordinary such a dramatic, youthful, engaging belief is to be celebrated fully.
So, it is to Twister and their own debut album, Cursed & Corrected, an album of exuberance, of the enjoyment of the memorable and captivating melody, that has harnessed the unbelievable sound captured by Stevie Stoker, Jake Grimes, Ryan Lee and Jack Corbett to a level of astonishing consideration, of understanding the exclamation of pure bliss and release.
Upbeat and powerful, but knowing the point to the exact note when to pull back and have the listener pine for more, Twister take tracks such as Young & Affected, the superb Natural Survivor, Wild & Lonely (Fingers Crossed), Save Us Yourself, Fist Fight By The Waterside and the pay-off of the finale in 64 White Lies and leave no doubt in their introduction, that they have come to rock with the best, to create havoc where there is dull blandness, and to ensure that if anybody is cursed, then it is to those who seek damnation on the ones willing to bring new meaning to a world that has forgotten what it means to rage.
If an album can have a human quality attached to it then Cursed & Corrected is one handsome being, mischievous, perfectly able to handle itself in a crowd, and deliberately excellent; all the qualities required to ensure a passionate response to the touch that is Twister.
Twister release Cursed & Corrected on Friday 13th November.
Ian D. Hall