Florentenes are back, and with "Think Twice," they're demonstrating that audacious, emotionally charged rock defies age. Recorded in session with legendary producer Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Jamie Webster, The Who), the band is already the next wave of northern guitar music.
"Think Twice" has you by the scruff of your neck with all the frenetic energy, but a melodic urgency reminiscent of Arctic Monkeys runs through it. It's a track that bites as it soothes, with riffs matched to lyrical honesty you rarely find in today's scene. Frontman William Train Smith shares the heart of the track. "Think Twice" is a song about two sides of an emotional breakup, told from separate viewpoints, one is jaded and cynical, the other is still naively hopeful. It's about pain, learning to release, heal, and rediscover yourself. Both song and band are belied by the layering of depth that duality instils throughout.
Eringa's production helps the band sound bigger, without losing their Northern spirit. Every note feels purposeful, every chorus an anthem-in-waiting. By mixing personal openness with a unique northern swagger, Florentenes make "Think Twice" sound both intimate and stadium-sized, something today's emerging acts rarely achieve.
From school hallways to historic studio collaborations in under a year, Florentenes have treated us this time around with a track that signifies them as the band they are, impossible not to talk about. It's no mere single, but a statement bursting with heart, grit, and that elusive spark that promises big things yet to come from its creator.