All i Know

Since the release of their debut studio album Do Hollywood (on 4AD) in 2016, The Lemon Twigs—the New York City rock band fronted by brothers Brian (27) and Michael D’Addario (25)—have waved the same revivalist torch as Alex Chilton and his Big Star crew, working to prove that archaic music from the ‘60s and ‘70s can still be relevant in digital world. Alongside peers like Foxygen and Drugdealer, The Lemon Twigs have explicitly documented a synchronistic blend of contemporary narrative motifs, old-school recording techniques, and flawless, consistent attitudes collaged from various crucial stages of rock ’n’ roll. After a whirlwind 2023, the D’Addarios are continuing the momentum of their own evolving vision and voice, distilling a history lesson of baroque and power pop into A Dream Is All We Know out on Captured Tracks.

A recurring question surrounding the talented D'Addario brothers, Michael and Brian, has pondered when their music would sound more like them than a sum of their influences. On all of their lush, intelligent albums since their glam-pop debut Do Hollywood—released when they were ages 17 and 19—the siblings have both bowed to their '70s songwriting heroes while at the same time lifting a few gestures and chord changes along the way. Here the sweet resounding jangle of the title track is a perfect example of the glistening power pop that so many before them have attempted. Sometimes their crafty amalgams are meant as pure reverence, as in "In The Eyes Of The Girl," an earnest and convincing bow to the melodies and lilting vocal arrangements of Brian Wilson. This irresistible number was co-produced by Sean Ono Lennon who also plays bass on it. Lines like "In the eyes of the world I'm too far gone/ In the eyes of the world I'm done/ But the one that I care for says I make her heart soar/ In the eyes of the girl I've won," embody the sheer joy this pair finds in making music.

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God Loves Addicts, This I Know: God's Word and the Road to Recovery is an examination of both classic and modern recovery literature and the role that the Judeo-Christian Bible has played in their development, and particularly regarding how its teachings apply to those struggling with addiction in its many forms.

This 1976 Kudu date under Esther Phillips' name is notable for two major reasons, and both of them are Joe Beck. While Creed Taylor produced the date, all of the sets arrangements were done by Beck, who wove an entire band's sound around the smoking, soulful grooves of his guitar. His playing is the other reason this set is so memorable: Beck is at his most inspired and fluidly funky; he is present everywhere in the mix but nonetheless crafts the strengths of the ensemble around Phillips' unusual voice.