The massive art rock balladic waltz of "Jakobo", by Exeter based Die Twice, is (I think) by anyone's definition a stunning art piece, beautifully drawn and displayed. I like so many things about this track from it's shape shifting, form the quiet loud approach to the storytelling, from the truly artful expectation switch ups, to the big (BIG) vocal bloodletting and the absolutely effortless genre blending / world building. From the beginning you are lured into something that might sound like cabaret / burlesque rock or punk with this funky honkytonk piano but cannot really detect that aesthetic after a bloody massive rock downbeat. I am struck by the intro, it is something that feels rather alternative rock old school, something out of the Bowie or Kinks playbook and I love that. I am also really loving the broadness of the atmospheres that feel so big rock bold with elements of arena rock or glam rock too. Billy Twamley's guitar work had me feeling both touches of 90's Jonny Greenwood and 80's Brian May and Olly Bayton's vocal countenance, uniquely his own, pervasively emotional, certainly feels adjacent to an amalgam of Freddy Mercury / Thom Yorke / Conor Mason. I also am taken aback by the lyrical content and how poetically it is drawn too. It is seemingly (at first) written with the rhymes only on lines 3 and 4 but that only happens once. There is no pattern, it is free form yet works aesthetically, poetically, lyrically and I love the sort of abstractness of that, the free spiritedness of clinging on to what works when you could easily think it would not. I am loving this track.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[A saloon piano kickstarts Jakobo, the new single from Die Twice and the band’s debut independent release via FAE. The track stretches into ethereal verses where smoke clings to Billy Twamley’s spidery guitar and Olly Bayton’s yearning vocal, before collapsing into an explosive chorus driven by the thunderous rhythm section of Finn Lloyd and Jake Coles. Written by the band, produced by Ru Lemer (Foals), mixed by Adrian Hall (Depeche Mode, Anna Clavi) and mastered by Nick Watson (Sea Girls, Warpaint), it’s a striking display of their near-telepathic musicianship, rooted firmly in intimacy and feel — never has the phrase “hold my beer” sounded so strangely beautiful.
The track centres on uncertainty and resistance, unfolding in fragments — messages to loved ones, images of streets and small rituals of escape — all circling a refusal to compromise, and capturing the tension between instability and identity.]
LYRICS
(Verse)
Time to move, said the landlords lips
They don't want to be kissed, you go away
Hold my beer, tattoo my pride
There is nothing for you inside
So I go, where there's wine
I have torn the books off the page
And I won't sell you nothing
If time should be rearranged
Time to move, said the landlords lips
They don't want to be kissed, you go away
Hold my beer, tattoo my pride
There is nothing for you inside
So I go, where there's wine
I have torn the books off the page
And I won't sell you nothing
If time should be rearranged
(Chorus)
And I won't sell, you, nothing at all
We go in the street again
I was so free, and used
Tell me to leave
I don't care, my friend
And I won't sell, you, nothing at all
We go in the street again
I was so free, and used
Tell me to leave
I don't care, my friend
(Bridge)
So when you see my love
Tell him that I've heard his song
The sun, the dry and the humans
I drink, and I sing, now!
So when you see my love
Tell him that I've heard his song
The sun, the dry and the humans
I drink, and I sing, now!
(Chorus)
No, I won't sell you, nothing at all
We go in the street again
I was so free, and used
Tell me to leave
I don't care, my friend
My friend
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Die Twice who release Jakobo - their first ever independent release coming out via FAE They’re from Brighton-via-Exeter, a four-piece that are really compelling, they’re fast building a reputation "
Formed in Exeter after a series of chance encounters, Olly Bayton (lead vocals and guitar), Billy Twamley (guitar), Finn ‘Blue’ Lloyd (bass) and Jake Coles (drums) quickly became fixtures on the city’s live circuit, selling out 500 capacity rooms entirely on their own. Since relocating to Brighton last year, they’ve continued to build on that reputation, selling out four consecutive headline shows as part of their “Mosquito Nights” residency, whilst also sharing stages on tour with The Molotovs and Nieve Ella - with early word from fellow artists already marking them out as ones to watch for 2026.
No, I won't sell you, nothing at all
We go in the street again
I was so free, and used
Tell me to leave
I don't care, my friend
My friend
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/dietwice__
https://www.facebook.com/Dietwicebandd
Die Twice who release Jakobo - their first ever independent release coming out via FAE They’re from Brighton-via-Exeter, a four-piece that are really compelling, they’re fast building a reputation "
Formed in Exeter after a series of chance encounters, Olly Bayton (lead vocals and guitar), Billy Twamley (guitar), Finn ‘Blue’ Lloyd (bass) and Jake Coles (drums) quickly became fixtures on the city’s live circuit, selling out 500 capacity rooms entirely on their own. Since relocating to Brighton last year, they’ve continued to build on that reputation, selling out four consecutive headline shows as part of their “Mosquito Nights” residency, whilst also sharing stages on tour with The Molotovs and Nieve Ella - with early word from fellow artists already marking them out as ones to watch for 2026.
Die Twice, Brighton-via-Exeter, art rock, alt rock, indie rock, genre blending songs, massive voice, tightly wound musicality, Olly Bayton, Billy Twamley, Finn ‘Blue’ Lloyd, Jake Coles, "Jakobo", jam, power, emo,
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