Aero Flynn is a fresh, humble act birthed from the mellow reflexes of its makers — Amateur Love, Solid Gold, Bon Iver, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Solid Gold, and Actual Wolf. The soon-to-explode group (Josh Scott, Adam Hurlburt, Mike Noyce, and Jake and Jeremy Hanson) has been warming the stage for Local Natives. Middle West Management is keeping Aero Flynn under the radar in the meantime, but it is worth spending time with “Twist” until we hear more from the band.
It’s as though the song’s complex production was once a mess of genres and blurted out sounds. Then ex-Amateur Love frontman Josh Scott wove an auditory recirculation pump through the ensemble’s bloodstream, pumping out only the most innate, intricate, and honest frequencies onto the record. Yet the producers left the sticky strings on the guitar! It’s like rocking a camouflage suit to steal your roommate’s unfiltered peanut butter and leaving dregs of Smucker’s Strawberry Jam in the jar because you know your roommate loves strawberries.
Preserved fruit aside, the arrangement elicits a mood evenly soothing and stimulating. On top of the flickering echo that morphs into trance, the vocalist’s room-corner crooning dilates an acoustic gap. The distance transplants the listener to a pleasant jungle quest — one where Tang-sipping orangutans dance in your footsteps. Let it happen.