The Felice Brothers
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Album:Tonight at the Arizona
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Someone's finally taken up the mantle of The Band. Introducing The Felice Brothers...
Three brothers from upstate New York create songs that invoke dusty back roads, Dylan songs heard through a swinging screen door and the bittersweet feeling of dying summer light. Usually I shy away from artists that wear their influences so prominently, but not this time. From heart-wrenching tales of drug abuse (Rockefeller Druglaw Blues) to breaking hearts (Going Going Gone ), The Felice Brothers manage to draw from their musical forebears while remaining lyrically centered in 2007. I can't stop listening to this record- it's exactly what I want from American music right now- the outlaw sound of border towns and rainy days spent with whiskey and old records.Go catch a show by these boys, currently touring America for the first time in their '87 school bus.More songs and tour info here: http://www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers You can buy their album, Tonight At the Arizona, on vinyl (comes with the CD as well!) from Rough Trade or Amazon UK.
Three brothers from upstate New York create songs that invoke dusty back roads, Dylan songs heard through a swinging screen door and the bittersweet feeling of dying summer light. Usually I shy away from artists that wear their influences so prominently, but not this time. From heart-wrenching tales of drug abuse (Rockefeller Druglaw Blues) to breaking hearts (Going Going Gone ), The Felice Brothers manage to draw from their musical forebears while remaining lyrically centered in 2007. I can't stop listening to this record- it's exactly what I want from American music right now- the outlaw sound of border towns and rainy days spent with whiskey and old records.Go catch a show by these boys, currently touring America for the first time in their '87 school bus.More songs and tour info here: http://www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers You can buy their album, Tonight At the Arizona, on vinyl (comes with the CD as well!) from Rough Trade or Amazon UK.
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