Reviews

Idiot /  by E

If there's one song you need to shake off the work week, it's JEFF The Brotherhood's "Idiot".

Its prominent beat is foot-tapping, head-banging goodness and "Idiot" builds to a turn the volume all the way up and (soft core) thrash along chorus that you'll really love having stuck in your head before dipping into a wonderful mess of reverb that just so seamlessly spits out the guitar fueled refrain on the other side in a predictable but surprisingly addictive fashion.

You'll spend your first listen just falling deeper and deeper into the music, so give it another go to really appreciate the greatly put lyrics and head to all those sites below to stay up to date with the art project started by Nashville brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall and look for their album, Zone, to be released August 12 via Dine Alone Records.

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All We Ever Knew /  by E

The Head and the Heart have released the music video for the first single off their forthcoming album, Signs of Light, "All We Ever Knew". Directed by Marc Klasfeld, the video holds the same unmitigated peace of the song itself, time for reflection and time with friends seamlessly mixing together creating a video that's seemingly pulsing with pure life, happiness, and all-accepting love.

The beautifully written lyrics ache and lean against a sturdy beat and wonderfully freeing melody made for dancing in a song that should have, by now, won you over if you weren't already a fan. Honestly, the song's like sunshine and that near therapeutic feeling you get when hiking alone while the video's friends and safe places; it's a beautiful and addictive combination and we can't get enough.

Look for The Head and the Heart's Signs of Light to be released on September 9th on Warner Bros. Records and purchase a ticket, online, for one of their shows now to automatically get their standard album, your choice of digital or physical, when it's released.

Photo Credit: James Minchin

Signs Of Light Tracklisting

  1. All We Ever Knew

  2. City of Angels

  3. Rhythm & Blues

  4. False Alarm

  5. Dreamer

  6. Library Magic

  7. Turn It Around

  8. Colors

  9. Take a Walk

  10. Oh My Dear

  11. I Don't Mind

  12. Your Mother's Eyes

  13. Signs of Light

 

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Slow And Steady /  by E

There's no way for us to give an unbiased review of Leagues' music. We love their sound, their productions are almost eerily intelligent, and their live show plays out more like a hangout with friends than a show for fans - they're just that good - so it's no surprise their recent singles have us excited for their forthcoming second full length, Alone Together, and "Slow And Steady" is no exception.

Think the smooth coolness of The Airborne Toxic Event but hopeful and seamlessly cinematic but still approachable and you've got Leagues latest single, "Slow And Steady".

It's raw - the good raw that speaks the truth without ego or exaggeration - and there's nothing quite like stopping what you're doing, laying back, and really listening to it; you can't help but smile at the brevity of the lyrics and those irresistibly astute production touches. Leagues makes minimal but complex sound so easy to pull off.

Check out the single, head to the sites, and look for Alone Together to be released September 9th on Dualtone.

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