"..ahead of it's time" and I really wouldn't be surprised if they go "unnoticed", I would however be sad (for those of you that missed out). 5-15 years from now people will be looking toward their debut album as the beginning of a new "era" in "dark" Indie music, ..for fans of "eclectic Indie-Rock" with "dramatic" organ & choral sounds, various orchestrated swells, and never over-bearing, but damn emotional vocals. It's not just "Indie Rock" though, it's a whole new sound, maybe.."
Brother/Ghost
Harmonious Post Haze
Brother/Ghost Bio:
Brother/Ghost are a band from Austin, TX. Their debut album was recorded sporadically from october '08 to july '09, by Sterling Dowdy and Jasper den Hartigh from Mt. Hope Revival Recordings. (mthoperevival.com) Brother/Ghost are: Sterling Dowdy-guitar, glock,piano, choir Jasper den Hartigh-guitar, vocals, glock Colby James-Bass, vocals Brandon Newton-drums (the drums on the album were recorded by Austin Matherne), and bass for song 3 by Michael Delaney. Choir on songs 1 and 6 by the Hancock St. Choir.
Hello, how are you?
Colby: We sat here for 20 minutes and couldn't think of a clever answer.
What are you currently listening to?
Colby: David Bazan - Curse Your Branches, Magnolia Electric Co - Josephine, Paul McCartney - Ram, The Beatles remasters, AA Bondy - When the Devil's Loose, Native - Wrestling Moves
Brandon: Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint something something something...., Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest, MC5 - Kick Out The Jamz, Big Business - Here come the waterworks. ect.
Sterling: Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins, The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow, Mare - s/t
Jasper: True Widow -s/t, My Disco - Paradise, Chihei Hatekeyama - Minima Moralia, La Quiete/The Pine - split
Where did you guys originally meet?
Colby: Jasper and I moved to Austin last summer from Louisiana and Illinois, respectively and met up with Sterling through mutual friends. We found Brandon on craigslist and he wasn't a rapist.
What‘s with the band name?
Jasper: Originally, it was just a combination of words that Sterling made up that sounded good, but through using it it developed as a theme in the lyrics of imagining potential brothers born before me as ghosts with lives and deaths.
What kind of sound were you going for when creating your music?
Jasper: Good music with emphasis on dynamics and atmosphere. Something that will put most people to sleep. Have I mentioned someone fell asleep at our first show?
Sterling: I think that music should be about making people feel. So when writing we try to make our music as emotional and dynamic as possible. AND I always want anything we do to sound like its recorded on the inside of an empty Wal-mart.
Colby: Hardbore.
Brandon: Smoke-2-bility.
Is there a story behind the kid on your album cover?
Sterling: I took that picture of a boy I met in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. He is actually swinging on a swingset and looking up toward the sky in the photograph. When Jasper and I were browsing through photos I had on my computer we both thought it was beautiful so we used it as the album cover.
What’s next for B/G?
Jasper: We will be releasing our album, "Black Ice" in Europe via Shelsmusic, a split 7" with the Italian band Magdalene and touring the US in the Spring. After that we will be recording our first full length, possibly next Summer. Besides that, time, trouble and $.
Are there any music trends you wish would cease to exist?
ALL: Post-Rock
You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life ..which album would it be?
Brandon: Examination of the... - Whitest Of Elephants
Sterling: Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Jasper: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
Colby: The Beatles - Revolver
Are you living your dream?
...fuck, man...
Colby: We sat here for 20 minutes and couldn't think of a clever answer.
What are you currently listening to?
Colby: David Bazan - Curse Your Branches, Magnolia Electric Co - Josephine, Paul McCartney - Ram, The Beatles remasters, AA Bondy - When the Devil's Loose, Native - Wrestling Moves
Brandon: Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint something something something...., Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest, MC5 - Kick Out The Jamz, Big Business - Here come the waterworks. ect.
Sterling: Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins, The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow, Mare - s/t
Jasper: True Widow -s/t, My Disco - Paradise, Chihei Hatekeyama - Minima Moralia, La Quiete/The Pine - split
Where did you guys originally meet?
Colby: Jasper and I moved to Austin last summer from Louisiana and Illinois, respectively and met up with Sterling through mutual friends. We found Brandon on craigslist and he wasn't a rapist.
What‘s with the band name?
Jasper: Originally, it was just a combination of words that Sterling made up that sounded good, but through using it it developed as a theme in the lyrics of imagining potential brothers born before me as ghosts with lives and deaths.
What kind of sound were you going for when creating your music?
Jasper: Good music with emphasis on dynamics and atmosphere. Something that will put most people to sleep. Have I mentioned someone fell asleep at our first show?
Sterling: I think that music should be about making people feel. So when writing we try to make our music as emotional and dynamic as possible. AND I always want anything we do to sound like its recorded on the inside of an empty Wal-mart.
Colby: Hardbore.
Brandon: Smoke-2-bility.
Is there a story behind the kid on your album cover?
Sterling: I took that picture of a boy I met in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. He is actually swinging on a swingset and looking up toward the sky in the photograph. When Jasper and I were browsing through photos I had on my computer we both thought it was beautiful so we used it as the album cover.
What’s next for B/G?
Jasper: We will be releasing our album, "Black Ice" in Europe via Shelsmusic, a split 7" with the Italian band Magdalene and touring the US in the Spring. After that we will be recording our first full length, possibly next Summer. Besides that, time, trouble and $.
Are there any music trends you wish would cease to exist?
ALL: Post-Rock
You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life ..which album would it be?
Brandon: Examination of the... - Whitest Of Elephants
Sterling: Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Jasper: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
Colby: The Beatles - Revolver
Are you living your dream?
...fuck, man...
Thanx B/G!
Brother/Ghost are currently prepping the European release of their debut album "Black Ice" as well as touring shortly after...
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