MANCHESTER PSYCH-POP TWIN DUO THE FLINTS RELEASE EP “21ST CENTURY LOVE”
August 25, 2025 BY Bailey Vigliaturo
Rising psych pop twin duo The Flints release their latest EP “21st Century Love” on Nettwerk. Today, they share the title track from the EP alongside a brand-new video directed by Jackson Ducasse.
Written across sessions in Toronto and Manchester with Koz (Kendrick Lamar, Dua Lipa), “21st Century Love” leans into that tension, with lyrics that swing between apocalyptic anxiety and desperate desire. Recorded mostly live, it captures a raw, unfiltered energy, driven by Joey Waronker’s (Beck, Atoms for Peace, David Byrne) explosive drums and a meandering structure that never quite settles. Flore Benguigui (formerly of L’Impératrice) adds ethereal backing vocals that cut through the noise with haunting clarity, bringing a strange kind of beauty to the disorder.
The band explains; “”21st Century Love” is about craving something real in a world that feels increasingly unreal—a manic search for connection in the middle of chaos. It’s restless, raucous, and reaching—for love that lasts, even when nothing else does.”
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For Manchester-born twins George and Henry Flint, their band, The Flints, was born out of a need to escape. After years working behind the scenes as producers and songwriters for the likes of Jean Dawson, Deb Never, Melanie Martinez and Lil Yachty, the duo sought refuge in creating music for themselves, initially from their childhood bedrooms where they returned during lockdown. It was there, sharing songs that had no clear purpose other than exploration, that The Flints found their identity.
The pair’s deep musical chemistry was forged over a lifetime spent listening through shared walls and passing demos across family computers. Teenage years in various bands taught them how to communicate musically and that their connection with each other ran deeper than with any collaborator. “Being in bands together was how we learned to speak musically,” George reflects. “Our communication with each other is better than with anyone else.”
The lightbulb moment came when they double tracked their vocals in the same room for the first time. That vocal interplay became the sonic foundation for their sound, refined alongside longtime collaborator KOZ. Their upcoming EP 21st Century Love pushes that sound further: more live, more confident, and more emotionally open. Tracks like ‘The End is the End’ and ‘Like You Mean It’ layer woozy psychedelia with raw lyricism, while the title track deconstructs their vocal blend to reveal the individuality behind the harmony.
That boldness also stems from a timely creative alliance with French electronic legends Justice, who invited The Flints to collaborate on 2024’s ‘Mannequin Love’ and join them on the HYPERDRAMA world tour, across Europe, the UK and the U.S.A “They see us as a rock band,” George says. “That reframed how we see ourselves.” The partnership became a mirror, pushing the twins to explore their sound more fearlessly and to consider their own duo dynamic in new light.
21st Century Love is more than a title—it’s a reflection of where The Flints stand now: confident, liberated, and ready to be heard on their own terms. What began as a side-door escape has evolved into a fully realised vision, built on shared history, creative risk, and a rare kind of musical symmetry.
