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Artist
Twinklehead
12+ albums
indie poppower popsunshine poppop rock
about
Norway's Twinklehead combines the best from different worlds into a unique, modern blend with comparisons to a broad variety of bands like Electric Light Orchestra, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Blur, Pulp, Neil Finn, Badfinger, Moody Blues, Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Move, Wizzard, Cockney Rebel, 10CC, Squeeze, XTC, World Party and The La's. (from Twinklehead Myspace.) - Henrik Moy Askildsen: lead vocal, backing vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, hammond organ, mellotron, rhodes, wurlitzer, moog taurus - Tommy A. Danielsen (2007-present)): lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars - Kjell Nyhuus: bass, backing vocals, vibes - Thomas Helland (aka Thom Hell) (1998-2007): lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, piano Made For These Times (2005) Rec 90 Twinklehead (2006) Tuba Records User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
why this is interesting
This Norwegian project merits serious listening for its thoughtful synthesis of disparate influences into something genuinely cohesive. Rather than pastiche, it achieves a fluid integration of progressive ambition, pop sensibility, and baroque orchestration—drawing from multiple decades of British and American songwriting without feeling derivative. The arrangements demonstrate real craft: layered keyboards and guitars create textural depth while maintaining melodic clarity, and the vocal harmonies suggest studied attention to harmonic possibility. What distinguishes this work is its intellectual curiosity about how different musical languages might converse within a single song, executed with restraint and precision. It rewards the listener willing to sit with complexity that never sacrifices accessibility.
