Sorry to disillusion you, but "THE RICE TWINS" aren't twins are even blood-related. Although as individuals the two Swedes Valdemar Gezelius and Jesper Engström do sound very much alike. Their melody-rich tracks have always been quite opulent and exaggerated in the most like-able of ways. We start with the Piano-opera "CAN I SAY", a complete public display of thrashing out the possibilities of the technically manageable. You get the impression that more denseness in harmony can´t be more audible than here. A bathing for a surging crowd on the dancefloor. "GOATEE" on the B-side is a little bit more transparent, but not less unconventional. A strange beat, graceful harmony. Call it a nordic melody. As up north, they´re free