The Brother Brothers

The Brother Brothers – The January Album (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:06 minutes | 434 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Stumbling Rose Records

The January Album, the fourth record from Adam and David Moss, those twin sons of Peoria, Illinois, known musically as The Brother Brothers, is a COVID-era record in the strictest sense: The Mosses wrote most of its 12 tracks during the first few months of lockdown in the US. But The January Album, rather than lacing each song with obvious references to the crisis, embraces that moment under the surface. The work reflects themes common to the brothers’ discography to date; it’s tied to 2020 as a consequence of its conception.

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The Brother Brothers – Calla Lily (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 31:58 minutes | 606 MB | Genre: Country, Folk, Americana
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Compass Records

Brooklyn’s The Brother Brothers will release their sophomore album Calla Lily on April 16th. Calla Lily is the follow-up to real-life siblings The Moss Brothers’ debut album, Some People I Know, which garnered praise from taste-makers including NPR, Billboard and Rolling Stone Country. The album’s lead single, “On the Road Again,” sets mood of the album and showcases the brothers’ warm, immediate harmonies. Ironically, the Moss brothers wrote “On The Road Again” – a quintessential road that explores the life of the touring musician and speaks to one’s longing for the road – before the pandemic hit; it’s a paean to the connection and company of that diasporic artist community forged across stages, festival grounds, and long, winding roads. The music video for “On The Road Again” kicks off with the brothers leaving New York City in the tour van and features a convoy of whimsical animated creatures who are along for the ride, culminating in a cartoon concert along the Hudson River. David Moss says of the track: “There’s no denying that life in motion can leave a person lonesome or aimless, but so can sitting still. The same part of our beings that gets homesick aches for life on the road. This song’s an exploration of that duality – a celebration and a lamentation in one.”

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