Folk for the Fearless and the Quiet: Ungrateful Women by Dark And Twisties

Dark And Twisties arrive with Ungrateful Women sounding like a band who already know exactly who they are. There is no tentative air to this debut LP, no sense of songs still finding their footing. Instead, the record unfolds with quiet confidence, drawing the listener into a carefully shaped world where harmony, narrative, and atmosphere are given equal weight.

Rooted in alt folk but unafraid of drift and shadow, Ungrateful Women feels steeped in tradition while never being bound by it. The group’s layered vocals are its defining feature, moving with a natural ease that suggests years of shared musical language. At times they feel almost conversational, at others ritualistic, as if the songs are being passed hand to hand rather than performed. Instrumentally, the album is rich without being crowded. Fiddle, keys, guitar, and rhythm work together to create space rather than fill it, allowing each song to breathe.

Lyrically, the album turns its gaze toward the quieter corners of modern adulthood, particularly the contradictions faced by women navigating independence, connection, and loss. There is joy here, but it is a reflective joy, tinged with uncertainty. Solitude is explored not as a single emotion but as a shifting state, liberating one moment and isolating the next. The writing avoids neat conclusions, choosing instead to sit honestly with ambiguity, which gives the record its emotional pull.

Tracks like “The Wild” and “Grace And Dignity” showcase the band’s ability to balance restraint with resonance, while others unfold more slowly, rewarding patient listening. Across the album, the arrangements feel purposeful and considered, never overstated, trusting the strength of the songs themselves. That trust pays off. Ungrateful Women lingers long after it ends, its melodies resurfacing like half remembered stories.

Recorded at Mwnci Studios and released independently, this debut positions Dark And Twisties as more than a promising new name. It marks them out as storytellers with depth, chemistry, and a clear artistic vision, a band capable of turning shared human experience into something quietly affecting and beautifully strange.

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