Twin Forks – Back to You | Dances with Bass

March 10, 2018

Track: Back to You
Artist: Twin Forks
Album: Twin Forks
Year: 2014

Lyrics:

I was young so I forgot
Which was my place and which was not
Thought I had a good shot
I took it right in my eye

Look ahead, look behind
Take another, I don’t mind
I, oh, I, oh

So, put a posey in your hair
Pretend you couldn’t give a care
Whistle past the graveyard
Even the dead deserve a song

Follow the signs right back to you
Back to you, back to you
I know they wind right back to you
Back to you

So, put a posey in your hair
Pretend you couldn’t give a care
Whistle past the graveyard
Even the dead deserve a song

Let the moon do what she does
She don’t need to make a fuss
She don’t know she shines for us
Something tells me that she does

Follow the signs right back to you
Back to you, back to you
I know they wind right back to you
Back to you, back to you
Time after time, I follow signs
I know they wind right back to you

Love, lower your eyes
Leave me a sign

Follow the signs right back to you
Back to you, back to you
I know they wind right back to you
Back to you, back to you
I trust the signs so I may find my way to you
Back to you, back to you
Follow the signs right back to you

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When Chris Carrabba formed emo band Dashboard Confessional in 2000, I feel reasonably certain that he’d have never envisioned forming a folk-country–flavored rock band in 2011. And to be honest, when I bought my copy of Dashboard Confessional’s debut, The Swiss Army Romance, at the turn of the century, I’d have never envisioned Carrabba fronting a folk-country–flavored rock band either. And yet, here we are. And it works.

West Hartford, Connecticut–born Carrabba formed Dashboard Confessional in 2000 as a side project to his band, Further Seems Forever, and eventually switched full-time to Dashboard Confessional. Carrabba still records and tours with Dashboard Confessional today, and that band released its seventh studio album in February of this year.

Carrabba formed Twin Forks in 2011, and in 2014, released the first Twin Forks record (self-titled) with Kelsie Baron on vocals and mandolin, Sara Ellen on vocals, Jonathan Clark on bass, and Shawn Zorn on drums. The editors at Dances with Bass Industries were lucky enough to see Twin Forks perform live in Indianapolis in 2015 when the band opened for the Counting Crows. In fact, at the time, I had no idea Carrabba was part of the opening act, and after two songs, I was Googling the band from my iPhone because I was sure the vocalist sounded just like Chris Carrabba. Imagine that.

Twin Forks’ music is upbeat, bright, and packed with quiet musical brilliance. The harmonies created by Carrabba, Baron, and Ellen are purely gorgeous and pair perfectly with the acoustic guitar, mandolin, and judicious amounts of percussion.

As a side note, the Dances with Bass favorite Dashboard Confessional album is 2006’s Dusk and Summer, which is solid from beginning to end. Our favorite track is So Long, So Long, which a duet with the Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz. That track finds its way into many DWB playlists.

Video:

This is the official video for Twin Forks’s Back to You (though the intimate live performance below is even better):

This kind of thing right here is what makes me wish I’d followed a career as a musician. These five folks look like they are having an absolute ball performing this stripped down version of Back to You, and I am purely envious of their ability to make such beautiful music together. The best part of the video—is that Carrabba’s voice cracks several times during the performance and you can tell that he and the rest of the band are amused. To me, it’s the imperfections of musical artistry that make perfection: