Half Τwin Βrother is an indie, alternative-
rock, lo-fi band based in Athens, Greece.

Their discography consists of shoegaze,
noise-pop, post-rock, post-punk, alternative
music with occasional acoustic and lo-fi
sensibilities. The band did its debut as a one
man DIY project, which led to the
constitution of a full-band embodied by five
people. New sounds and experimentation
started to pop up after that, bringing new
musical elements to the table. Every album
has a different sound, aesthetic, and
character, testing the limits of the band
production and songwriting wise.

Their latest work, "Homecoming", consists
the epilogue of One-Star, their debut

album, offering a closure to its story. Music-
wise it evolves around pop punk, indie rock

sensibilities adding to the theatrical
atmosphere of the lyrics and wrapped up
in their siganture raw, DIY production.

They started rehearsing in a place in Piraeus, known to the
underground musicians as "Meat Market", an old building that houses
to this day underground bands for rehearsals and occasionally small
events.
There, they created a small community and performed alongside
other bands like Jasper Project, Morphing Jar, Honeyshame etc.,
establishing a small fanbase.

Around that time, current pianist and vocalist Eleni Vryoni, singer of the band
"Accidents", arrived and it wasn't long until the pandemic of 2020 struck.
The band had difficulties rehearsing and developing new songs together, but that
didn't stop them from releasing their second LP, "Our Memories Sleep When we Visit
our Basement".

The most depressing and experimental piece
of music the band has released to this day,
"Our Memories Sleep When we Visit our
Basement" was again recorded and produced
in a basement with 0$ budget equipment.
Most of the songs were recorded with a
Samsung Galaxy J5, recording microphone,
while the instruments featured in the final
mixes were a five string acoustic guitar, an old
classical guitar, a harmonica, a hi hat and two
toms along with a variety of items like a
metallic dustpan, a whistle and hand- made
maracas. Also free digital instruments were
used, like a drum machine and a variety of
synth sounds.

The tracks were mixed in a Windows Vista
laptop, on "Reaper", and without any
hesitation, the album was released in just a
few months. "Our Memories Sleep When we
Visit our Basement" was a product of a more
collective work than its predecessor.

After that, the band started working on numerous singles that
were released one after the other. "GAD", " Stupid", "The
Butcher", "Winter", "Time Management" and "Dreamland" are
only some of them. With the use of self- recording methods and
with the band not spending time on promotion, creativity was
over the roof. Dozens of demos were created around that time,
with some of them remaining unreleased to this day.

Their third official LP, "A Sudden Presence Like a Burst of Song",
was released a little before their first live performance in the
summer of 2021. An acoustic, singer-songwriter piece of music,
with references about alcoholism, family and relationship issues
present at the time.

What followed was a number of live
performances in Athens and Patras,
alongside bands like "Jasper Project",
"Pink Vanity", "Young Oz" and more,
while the band kept working on their
next album. Around that time,
"Summertime" was released. An
acoustic, experimental EP consisting
of three songs, among them the tune
"Sad". The band also performed an
acoustic set with songs from "A
Sudden Presence Like a Burst of
Song" and "Our Memories Sleep
When we Visit our Basement" at the
art exhibition "Protolio", organised at
"Meat Market" by a variety of artists.

Their first gig was an independent live performance
organised with the bands of "Meat Market" at Skopeftirio,
Kaisariani. It was a great celebration signaling the end of an
era.

Right now, the band released their fourth LP, "Homecoming", a closure
to the story of "One Star" with a plethora of songs evolving around the
concept of redemption in an emphatically theatrical way. It is a
collective work, with every member writing and recording instruments
and vocals, including their new bassist Panagiotis Spanos, bassist and
songwriter of "Epithet of Mine" and "Seaside Hotel Room Fantasy".

They recently acquired their newest member, Dimitris Danopoulos,
songwriter and multi- instrumentalist of the project "Nala's Naughty
Dream", with whom they performed at "Communitism" alongside
"Glances of Bordeaux" and "Nathan and the Indigos" and with whom
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