If any of you out there wish you had seen The Beatles back in the Cavern Club days, where I’ve heard the band screamed bar anthems for bikers while still managing to stay on top of beautifully intricate four-part harmonies, Baby Brother might be as close to that era of the fab four as you can come… at least in their quieter moments, like the homesick ‘Texas.’ Once Baby Brother starts flying however, they can take on an almost hellbilly air in screamers like ‘Abuse’ (streaming below). The band has a big appetite, but they pack it all into catchy little numbers usually not stretching beyond the 2 1/2 minute mark. Baby Brother is a group that doesn’t take themselves too seriously, but like the Violent Femmes and Talking Heads before them, that will only make you pay even more attention to them.
Check out their full-length ‘Strange Things‘ when you can (the eponymous song alone should hook you to the rest of the record) and see them live when yo uget a chance. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)