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In celebration of the new album, The Brother Brothers will hit the road this spring on a new headline tour which will take them through Ann Arbor, Chicago, St. Paul, and St. Louis among many others. See below for a full list of tour dates or visit www.thebrotherbrothersmusic.com.

The Brother Brothers began teasing new music earlier this year with the release of “The Illinois River Song.” What began as a nice old time banjo melody soon took on the form of a new sonic direction for the group and became a rumination on their home state of Illinois, a midwest river town, its beauty, and poverty. The song imagines a fellow down on his luck with not many prospects to dig himself out of the proverbial hole he has found himself in.

The January Album, aptly named for its month-long recording in January 2021, is as David describes, “basically an ode to the time we had time to take time.” Adam adds, “Almost all of the songs were written in NYC during those first few months of the Covid lockdown and tumultuous police protests in the city. It was important to capture the zeitgeist but also just as important not to dwell on it in the music.” And dwell they do not. It’s an album that captures the intimate world around them while delicately illustrating the deep well of human experience that the pandemic forced into sharp relief.

This new reality and the eventual departure from their homes in Brooklyn led them to their newest recording venture at Montrose Studios in Richmond, VA. With producer and bass player Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Dive), drummer John Fatum (Sarah Jarosz, Jacksonport, Bella White) and the engineering magic of Phil Weinrobe (Damian Rice, Feist, Big Thief), eight people confined themselves in a farmhouse next to the studio and rejoiced in community while recording.

The January Album as a whole is a wonderful distillation of the American spirit in its modern form. The Brother Brothers have a unique outlook on the world. They have seemingly visited every nook and cranny of the US, and they have taken those experiences to heart. Each song is a lesson, an experience, and a look at ourselves, our past, and our future.