"The Brothers and Sisters don`t veil the mirth that they take in simple pleasures: their album`s Pollyanna title Fortunately is reflective of the record`s upbeat, carefree sound. With influences like The Beach Boys and The Mamas and The Papas, the Brothers and Sisters, actual siblings, make unmitigated pop music."-The Sentimentalist.
"Yes, we`ve heard it before, but never this clearly. The nostalgic nature of Brother and Sisters` Fortunately makes each song instantly memorable, as if one had just found the album in a stack of old LP`s, dusted off the cover, and popped it in. It recalls a time "back when I was new and we were young/ back when being poor was kinda fun." While that may seem eons ago for some, for others it may be scarcely yesterday. Groundless, but instantly relatable, the ultimate charm of Fortunately lies in its ability to compress time in this fashion, so that in a room full of 50`s cowboys, `69 rebels, and `08 hipsters, everyone, fortunately, can share a common moment and a smile. Austin`s first Postmodern Folk album. Its music is fresh and honest, not because it mimics that golden era of mid-20th-century folk, but because its chords and sentiments seem to flow directly from the past and combine effortlessly with the band`s modern storytelling sensibilities. In these fourteen songs, the band is at once ironic and non-patronizing, tearing just at the edge of novel and nostalgic. Opening with "Mason City," Lily and Will Courtney immediately introduce classic folk themes of travel and loss, as the two harmonize "I`d give anything just to get back home/
I`m a runaway." For these two, the contradiction between the desire to flee and the need to feel at home has never been so strong. Clean guitar slides and cymbal/tambourine-heavy rhythms accent the overwhelming sentimentality of the piece, but are a good lead into the more edgy "You`re Gone". Here, sustained guitar chords create a suspense that echo the singer`s own as Will states, "Six months in, and I`m still afraid/ to begin to feel the pain." The tune echoes the heyday of Crazy Horse, with Lily as their female Mr. Young, while the overdriven solos remind one of Ryan Adam`s Whiskeytown or a pop-saturated Gram Parsons, but without the sparse simplicity found therein." AustinSound.com.
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