Nova Twins are an English rock duo formed in

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, England, in 2014, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South. Their most recent album, ''

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'', was released in June 2022.

Career

Love and South have been close friends since childhood and have played in bands that were often booked on the same bill. Both of them come from a mixed background; Love is of

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n descent. (Georgia South's father, William South, is also a musician). They formed a band together in 2014 named BRAATS, releasing the song "Bad Bitches" under that name. Later that year they settled on the name Nova Twins, and released their first song "Bassline Bitch" under that name, in April 2015. That song attracted the attention of independent label Robotunes, which signed them and released their first self-titled EP in 2016. After a show at French festival

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in December 2016, Nova Twins spent most of 2017 touring multiple countries and supported

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, after which

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named them "the best band you've never heard of". They have since supported

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, Black Honey,

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. In 2017 they self-released the singles "Thelma & Louise" and "Mood Swings", and started their own custom clothing line called Bad Stitches. In 2018, Nova Twins self-released the singles "Hit Girl" and "Lose Your Head". They continued to tour with shows in Europe and America, including an appearance at the Afropunk festival in Brooklyn. Towards the end of that year they started recording their debut album with producer

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. In 2019, they toured with

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and again Prophets of Rage. The singles "Devil's Face" and "Vortex" from their upcoming album were released with accompanying music videos. They also collaborated with several brands, including

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on a global campaign, contributing both music and visuals. It was revealed later in the year that they had been signed to Fever 333's label 333 Wreckords Crew. Their debut album '' Who Are the Girls?'' was released on February 28, 2020. ''Who Are the Girls?'' received positive reviews at ''

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'', ''Crash'', and elsewhere. The band won Best U.K. Breakthrough Band in the 2020 Heavy Music Awards. Their second album ''

'' was released on June 17, 2022. ''Supernova'' was shortlisted for the 2022

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Musical style

Nova Twins have been described by ''

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'' as a "bass-heavy duo fusing grime and punk", and by themselves as "urban punk".

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called them "a genre bending amalgamation of raw punk energy, illegal rave electronics and unapologetic grimey attitude."

Members

*Amy Love – lead vocals, guitar *Georgia South – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Discography

Albums

* '' Who Are the Girls?'' (2020) * ''

'' (2022)

EPs

* ''Nova Twins'' EP (2016) * ''Thelma and Louise'' EP (2017) * ''Mood Swings'' EP (2017)

Singles

* "Hit Girl" (2018) * "Mood Swings" (2018) * "Lose Your Head" (2018) * "Devil's Face" (2019) * "Vortex" (2019) * "Taxi" (2020) * "Play Fair" (2020) * "Antagonist" (2021) * "K.M.B." (2022) * "Cleopatra" (2022) * "Puzzles" (2022) * "Choose Your Fighter" (2022)

Features

* ''Vibrations'' EP (2017) – "Vibrations – Remix" – Koder * ''Unpaintable'' EP (2020) – "Flitch" – Tsar B * ''Flitch'' EP (2020) – "Flitch" – Tsar B * '' Post Human: Survival Horror'' (2020) – "1x1" –

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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