Synth rockers, The Noisy, conjure up sludgy pop magic with a bite with their latest track, “Twos”. From their forthcoming deluxe edition of The Secret Ingredient is Even More Meat, the band swings big and strange in the best way with a song that wears its chaos with confidence.
Blending a sugary pop structure with blown-out guitars, ghostly synths, and theatrical abandon, The Noisy’s sound lands somewhere between prom night panic and late-night cable fever dream.
Front-person Sara Mae Henk, says,
I wrote this song like a pop song but wanted the production to bend towards Mannequin Pussy with sludgy guitars and twinkly keys. The music video literalizes the too much-ness of the story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Grey Gardens meets two dates to the prom.
I say, mission accomplished, Sara Mae. Mission brilliantly accomplished.
With a video directed by Sam Cush and starring local drag favorite Miss Thing, it pushes the absurdity up a level to eleven. It’s packed with vampire glamour, silent film aesthetics, and a glittering menace. The visual matches the song’s maximalist energy. Practical effects, DIY charm, and camp instincts collide in a way that feels natural, not forced. It’s drag art that meets band ambition, and The Noisy understands how to keep both sharp.
While “Twos” plays in contrast be it sweetness with sludge or glamour with grit. The riff hits like a brick wall, but it’s the little touches like the twinkling keys, the vocal shifts, and the sudden swerves that make this track feel alive.
The Noisy isn’t pretending to be anything. They’re just doing it their way and this time it’s big-hearted, beautifully weird, and proudly queer, and “Twos” is vampire prom chaos that meets sludgy pop brilliance.
