The Brothers Movement Reviewed by Daily Music Guide

Daily Music Guide have reviewed the self titled debut album from Ireland's The Brothers Movement...

[dailymusicguide.com] Like buses, good indie albums seem to arrive all at once. Enter The Brothers Movement, hailing from Dublin and formed from the ashes of Mainline. They have been steadily building a reputation for themselves in their native Ireland and abroad supporting the likes of MC5 and Sonic Youth and their eponymous debut sees TBM step up to the big time, pushing on from the obvious potential of earlier releases to deliver a well-produced, swirlingly psychedelic rock album brimming with attitude.

TBM sound like they are the result of some illicit love affair between Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Verve and Spiritualized, who for some weird reason happened to be born in Dublin. They set their stall out quickly in rumbustious fashion with 'Blind' and 'Standing Still'. Straight away the listener has to sit up and pay attention to the mixture of gritty riffs, beautiful melodies and blustering slightly unearthly vocals. True to form, things take a psychedelic turn with 'Sister' and 'Someday', allowing hazy effects and meandering guitars and slightly melancholy tendencies to take to the fore.

The album is off like an unstoppable train with 'Salute' driven by a furious and relentless drumbeat and raspy vocals. 'Coming Home' on the other hand is a sweet melodic jaunt in comparison but equally brilliant both like meeting an old friend that you have not yet met. Mellow is on the menu in the closing stages of the album, with the slightly melancholy but hugely epic 'War And Peace' and the slightly spacey 'Is God Dead'. The album finishes in emphatic fashion with the stirring and broody psychedelic number 'When We Leave', sounding somewhere between The Stands and The Verve; this is followed by the rather alluring and angelic 'We Shall Lift Our Heads', closing proceedings on a high note.

TBM have delivered a very good album which was well worth waiting for. While there is little of no sign of them reinventing the wheel, they have successfully created a record that sounds both original and deeply familiar, making it very easy for the listener to enjoy. There are bags of potential in this record. Hopefully they can fulfil it and won't have to wait so long for the next album.

Rating: 4/5