Castor, the Twin is the second studio album by Dessa, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree.

The trio consisted of Dustin Kiel on guitar and keys, Sean McPherson on bass and Joey Van Phillips on drums.

"In making this new record, I thought, I had songs that played really differently when they were performed with live instrumentation [...] So we have grand piano, mandolin and stuff that you would associate more readily with an orchestral vibe.

[6] Dessa said, "To me, many of the songs on Castor are the more organic 'twins' to the versions that were recorded for previous, highly produced projects like A Badly Broken Code or Paper Tiger's Made Like Us.

"In the end, I was heartened by the responses of listeners, who seemed to really get and appreciate the musical differences between A Badly Broken Code and the more organic and orchestral interpretations.