The Twang

The Twang are a baggy-influenced indie rock band from Birmingham, England. The band garnered national acclaim when the influential NME magazine produced an article on music acts (which also featured fellow Midlanders Ripchord and The Enemy)

The Twang are a baggy-influenced indie rock band from Birmingham, England. The band garnered national acclaim when the influential NME magazine produced an article on music acts (which also featured fellow Midlanders Ripchord and The Enemy) in the West Midlands, and has led to band coming second in the BBC News website's Sound of 2007 poll.

The band's debut single, "Wide Awake", was released March 19, 2007, with their debut album Love It When I Feel Like This, released on June 4, 2007, and being produced by the band's long term collaborator Gavin Monaghan (who has also worked with Nizlopi). "Wide Awake" was produced at The Magic Garden Studio, in Wolverhampton, assisted by Gazz Rogers. "Wide Awake" has had lots of play on the Radio Station XFM Manchester, as well as on other national and local Radio Stations.