About
In Brief
Twilighter is a band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Formed in the winter of 2000, they have released two albums to date, "Fortune Is On" in 2003 and FIXED in 2006. In January 2002 Twiligher embarked on a mini-tour of the south. Since then they have played shows in locations ranging from North Carolina to Indiana.
Personel
Brandon Herndon - Voice, Gutiar, Keys
Josh Sokal - Bass
Tony Traver - Guitar, Keys, Voice
Matt Burawski - Drums
Additional Personel and Co-Conspirators:
Tone Pham - Trumpet, Saxophone
Dave Perry - Drums, Bass
Sonar Strange - Vocals, Percussion, Keys
Anthony Lener - Guitar
Dave Perry - Drums, Voice
Venues Played
Cat's Cradle - Chapel Hill, NC
CBGB's - NY , NY
Ziggy's - Winston Salem, NC
Zeitgeist - New Orleans, LA
Bella Festa - Wilmington, NC
Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
Olde Hickory Taproom - Hickory, NC
F-use - Chapel Hill, NC
Blue Bayou - Hillsborough, NC
Moon Room - Richmond, VA
Fat City - Charlotte, NC
Tir Na Nog - Raleigh, NC
Double Door - Charlotte, NC
Phatasmagoria - Washington, DC
The Cave - Chapel Hill, NC
Go! - Chapel Hill, NC
Under the Street - Durham, NC
Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC
The Brewery - Raleigh, NC
The Far Side - Wilmington, NC
Cumberlands - Charleston, SC
Kings - Charleston, SC
...plus many more...
from The Independent
Twilighter is difficult to sum up in a few words. "bats love it," the xroxx.com website proclaims. Brandon Herndon, who doesn't remember if he wrote that piece of promo or not, nevertheless goes along with it. Twilighter evoled as he was recording his first solo albums. Being from Chatham County and living out in the country gives his compositions a quiet, introspective feel. But he's not above rapping a listener upside the head with a few quirky organ lines or a runaway beat. Just when you think you've got it nailed down here comes "Gretchens An Angel," a mix of old school and new wave pop courtesy Sonar Strange's Moog/Farfisa effects mixed with Burritio Brothers warbling.
One reviewer slapped a shoegazer label on it, but Herndon doesn't like that either. "Somebody from out of town just saw Chapel Hill and went "Oh shoegazer," he says. "I don't think its like that. To me it's more beat-oriented--I wanted moments where there'd just be beat or guitars that would just pop through it."
-- Grant Britt
from Cincinatti, Ohio
City Beat Magazine 2002
Chapel Hill-based quinted Twilighter brings its easy going yet potent brand of Indie Rock to the area this weekend. The band uses Moog and farfisa keys to spice up the usual guitar/bass/drums/arsenal, writing narcotic Pop songs that sound like they were concocted at the back end of a late-night chill-out session. The group is currently readying a CD release...
from The Year In Rock 2004The Independent
Take Twilighter, too, a somwhat un-scene quartet from Chapel Hill writing mildly psychadelic folk songs about theology, angels, Zen, oak trees and homes back in the woods. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Brandon Herndon sports a Beck-beckoning deadpan deep into this idiosyncratic mix of three-part harmonies, synthesizer whirls, acoustic guitars and farfisa rolls.
Comparisons to both The Bruces and a reflective Mike Doughty seem logical, but neither captures what is going on in Fortune Is On . None of the parts are played perfectly, odd snippets of unintentional dissonance peeking through amid little background mistakes. Those free-wheeling intentions, combined with Herndon's esoteric musings ("No, I'm ready, ready, ready, ready /'cause 45 xenons of the almighty"), make this debut not only intriguing, but also the most unexpectedly captivating record released in the triangle this year.
-- Grayson Currin
from The Independent
They've been described as "Velvet Underground jamming with a beaten down Beck." which effectively conveys the mix of raw primitive rock and folky downbeat singer/songwriter type songs. There's and intimacy to singer/guitarist Brandon Herndon's raspy tenor creak that recalls Tom Waits, as does the band's penchant for unusual tones and percussion. Not so much morose as haunted, and piqued as opossed to tortured, this is road music to leave town for good to.