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After Heartbreak, Twain's 'Young God (Gotta Lotta Feeling)' Is Resilient

The first single from Twain's New Miami Sound EP shines in the face of heartache, and thanks life for the lesson.
<em>New</em> <em>Miami Sound</em> is side A of Twain's <em>2 E.P.s</em>, a double EP due Jan. 25. Side B features the previously-released <em>Alternator</em> EP.

There is something purely hopeful about the vibrato on Mat Davidson's Silvertone guitar at the start of 's "Young God (gotta lotta feeling)." It is the song's first sound – a quavering, rising and falling phrase that sounds first like a question and then like an answer.

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