Ivan & Alyosha (also known as I&A) is a folk-pop indie band from Seattle, W… Read Full Bio ↴Ivan & Alyosha (also known as I&A) is a folk-pop indie band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 2007 with the current members, Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary. They were later joined by Pete Wilson and Tim Kim.
There’s a scene in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov where the main characters Ivan and Alyosha discuss the existence of God. Ivan, in particular, questions the idea of God. Alyosha, on the other hand, is a monk, a believer, some may say, a holy fool.
Talk of faith and exalted things is rare in indie rock today. Enter Seattle band Ivan & Alyosha. Throughout their second release, the five song Fathers Be Kind EP, the band chart their own course between divinity and disbelief.
“I left my family and my home/to fight the battle on my own
I stole a car and drove away/but in my hate St. Paul did say
‘Glorify the Lord above/with your drink and making love
Glorify the Lord my son, with your whisky and your gun.”
Ivan & Alyosha began as the solo outlet for Tim Wilson but in spring 2007 the band formed after Tim met Ryan Carbary through a former band mate and mutual friend. Ryan and Tim began playing and recording together and a trip to Los Angeles to work with Eli Thompson (Richard Swift, Delta Spirit) spawned the name Ivan & Alyosha. According to Tim, Thompson is a huge Dostoevsky fan and the name stuck. With that, Wilson and Carbary released The Verse, The Chorus, their debut EP on Cheap Lullaby Records (Joan as Police Woman, The Silver Seas, Teitur). The stand out track “Easy To Love” earned NPR Song of the Day honors as “a propulsive, sweetly booming ode to love as a feat of endurance.”
The name Ivan & Alyosha is apt for a band cutting its teeth. As Ivan in Brothers Karamazov moves through the novel with doubts, Ivan & Alyosha navigate the indie rock world contemplating their path as a band. Tim says he writes songs about what’s current in his life. He recently married and had a son. Songs like “Living for Someone” and “Fathers Be Kind,” reflect Ivan & Alyosha grappling with the idea of being in a band and trying to fashion a career. Not only to follow their dreams but to earn a livelihood and support their families; a feeling he expresses in the former song, “Expecting our first child / Amid the great recession”. Despite the uncertainty, Ivan & Alyosha’s soulful folk tunes suggest a band inspired, hopeful and longing; a band unafraid to probe their collective faith and doubts.
Plus, things are different this time around. Tim and Ryan are joined by two others – Tim Kim and Pete Wilson, Tim’s brother. The band built a studio in a barn at Ryan’s parent’s house in Snohomish, 45 minutes outside of Seattle. Snohomish provides an idyllic setting with a charming main street lined by bars and little distraction. Self-recording their upcoming EP allows the guys more time together to create and perfect the new songs. Recently the band spent a week in New York playing gigs at 92Y Tribeca, Maxwell’s in Hoboken and Brooklyn’s Littlefield. They also took a trip to NPR Headquarters in Washington DC to record an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and opened a run of shows for the Jayhawks’ Mark Olson.
In the Brothers Karamazov, when Ivan asks Alyosha to renounce his beliefs, Alyosha refuses. Rather, he kisses Ivan on the lips. Seattle’s Ivan & Alyosha are not nihilist indie rockers but a new brand of tender dreamers. And non-believers be damned! God, or no God - these guys are no holy fools. They have their music to prove it.
There’s a scene in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov where the main characters Ivan and Alyosha discuss the existence of God. Ivan, in particular, questions the idea of God. Alyosha, on the other hand, is a monk, a believer, some may say, a holy fool.
Talk of faith and exalted things is rare in indie rock today. Enter Seattle band Ivan & Alyosha. Throughout their second release, the five song Fathers Be Kind EP, the band chart their own course between divinity and disbelief.
“I left my family and my home/to fight the battle on my own
I stole a car and drove away/but in my hate St. Paul did say
‘Glorify the Lord above/with your drink and making love
Glorify the Lord my son, with your whisky and your gun.”
Ivan & Alyosha began as the solo outlet for Tim Wilson but in spring 2007 the band formed after Tim met Ryan Carbary through a former band mate and mutual friend. Ryan and Tim began playing and recording together and a trip to Los Angeles to work with Eli Thompson (Richard Swift, Delta Spirit) spawned the name Ivan & Alyosha. According to Tim, Thompson is a huge Dostoevsky fan and the name stuck. With that, Wilson and Carbary released The Verse, The Chorus, their debut EP on Cheap Lullaby Records (Joan as Police Woman, The Silver Seas, Teitur). The stand out track “Easy To Love” earned NPR Song of the Day honors as “a propulsive, sweetly booming ode to love as a feat of endurance.”
The name Ivan & Alyosha is apt for a band cutting its teeth. As Ivan in Brothers Karamazov moves through the novel with doubts, Ivan & Alyosha navigate the indie rock world contemplating their path as a band. Tim says he writes songs about what’s current in his life. He recently married and had a son. Songs like “Living for Someone” and “Fathers Be Kind,” reflect Ivan & Alyosha grappling with the idea of being in a band and trying to fashion a career. Not only to follow their dreams but to earn a livelihood and support their families; a feeling he expresses in the former song, “Expecting our first child / Amid the great recession”. Despite the uncertainty, Ivan & Alyosha’s soulful folk tunes suggest a band inspired, hopeful and longing; a band unafraid to probe their collective faith and doubts.
Plus, things are different this time around. Tim and Ryan are joined by two others – Tim Kim and Pete Wilson, Tim’s brother. The band built a studio in a barn at Ryan’s parent’s house in Snohomish, 45 minutes outside of Seattle. Snohomish provides an idyllic setting with a charming main street lined by bars and little distraction. Self-recording their upcoming EP allows the guys more time together to create and perfect the new songs. Recently the band spent a week in New York playing gigs at 92Y Tribeca, Maxwell’s in Hoboken and Brooklyn’s Littlefield. They also took a trip to NPR Headquarters in Washington DC to record an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and opened a run of shows for the Jayhawks’ Mark Olson.
In the Brothers Karamazov, when Ivan asks Alyosha to renounce his beliefs, Alyosha refuses. Rather, he kisses Ivan on the lips. Seattle’s Ivan & Alyosha are not nihilist indie rockers but a new brand of tender dreamers. And non-believers be damned! God, or no God - these guys are no holy fools. They have their music to prove it.
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Ivan & Alyosha Lyrics
Az alkohol a torkon átlohol,
Bármi lesz, segít a szesz, ha lesz,
Óh ez nagy család óriási family,
Nem lehet minket józanítani.
A kocsma sok, vagy a pénzem túl kevés,
Nem tudom, de mindent lenyelek,
Kültelki pince lyuk, vagy császári sörbár,
Szárazon elviselni nem tudom.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt mindenféle szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik.
Mert olyan ürge nem is kell, ki nem iszik.
Sok sörös üveg van az utcán szerteszét,
Rá se ránts, ha nincs üvegbetét.
Három éjszakán, ó nem kell tökölni,
Rum helyett jó lesz majd a kölni.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Vidáman iszogatom el még azt is, amim nincsen.
Ha a sósborszesz kell, a Diana se rossz.
A metilalkohol is hangulatba hoz.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt mindenféle szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik,
Mert olyan ürge nem is kell, ki nem iszik.
A nagypapa is, a nagymama is piál,
A kisgyermek se kér tejet ma már.
Éjéjéljen az egyenjogúság,
Gyere, töltsd belém a pálinkát!
Piál a finn, piál a norvég,
Piál a távol-keleti s,
Piál bizony a szomszéd,
Van, ahol tiltja a korán,
Másutt nem szabad korán,
De inkább oda se figyelj,
Vedeljünk már!
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piálva gyűrjük az ipart,
Mi alsó-felső szinten.
Nyugodtan töltsél,
Nem kell ide tölcsér,
Mert míg az ember dülöngél,
Biztosan él.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piálva vedelik a szeszt itt alsó-felső szinten.
A sósborszesszel a Diána se rossz.
A metilalkohol is hangulatba hoz.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt alsó-felső szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik,
Mert olyan ürge nem is lesz, ki nem iszik.
Bármi lesz, segít a szesz, ha lesz,
Óh ez nagy család óriási family,
Nem lehet minket józanítani.
A kocsma sok, vagy a pénzem túl kevés,
Nem tudom, de mindent lenyelek,
Kültelki pince lyuk, vagy császári sörbár,
Szárazon elviselni nem tudom.
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt mindenféle szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik.
Mert olyan ürge nem is kell, ki nem iszik.
Sok sörös üveg van az utcán szerteszét,
Rá se ránts, ha nincs üvegbetét.
Három éjszakán, ó nem kell tökölni,
Rum helyett jó lesz majd a kölni.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Vidáman iszogatom el még azt is, amim nincsen.
Ha a sósborszesz kell, a Diana se rossz.
A metilalkohol is hangulatba hoz.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt mindenféle szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik,
Mert olyan ürge nem is kell, ki nem iszik.
A nagypapa is, a nagymama is piál,
A kisgyermek se kér tejet ma már.
Éjéjéljen az egyenjogúság,
Gyere, töltsd belém a pálinkát!
Piál a finn, piál a norvég,
Piál a távol-keleti s,
Piál bizony a szomszéd,
Van, ahol tiltja a korán,
Másutt nem szabad korán,
De inkább oda se figyelj,
Vedeljünk már!
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piálva gyűrjük az ipart,
Mi alsó-felső szinten.
Nyugodtan töltsél,
Nem kell ide tölcsér,
Mert míg az ember dülöngél,
Biztosan él.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piálva vedelik a szeszt itt alsó-felső szinten.
A sósborszesszel a Diána se rossz.
A metilalkohol is hangulatba hoz.
Piál a Föld, piába minden,
Piába vedelik a szeszt itt alsó-felső szinten.
Csak az ürge nem iszik, ó azt meg kiöntik,
Mert olyan ürge nem is lesz, ki nem iszik.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Jackson Michael Joe, Malek Miklós, Richie Lionel B, Szenes Iván
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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kurt666morris
This song was used in the tv show "Million Little Things" last night. First time I had ever heard it. Beautiful song and it fit into the plot story line perfectly.
the truth shall set you free
The same show brought me here. I have been listening ever since I first heard it in the show.
Jon's Moto Garage
Not sure how I missed this from a million little things - we're big fans. Ran across this randomly on spotify.
Muchere KE
who else came to search the song after hearing it for the first time in a million little things?
HiddenCard
I listen to this song whenever I doubt myself. It pushes me better than any stupid self-help book! What a treasure ❤
Ricarda
I used to listen to music everytime i drove in the car with my dad. We always showed each other new music we found. Now we can't do it anymore, but i could swear he would've loved this song!
Hope you can hear it with me now and you're proud of us<3
Stephen Miholick
Thank you, I needed to discover this song tonight. I'm working on confidence right now and this song pushes me to keep going and listen to my heart, that's where the truth is. Can't believe I never heard of you guys. I'm always searching for real music, you're so refreshing. Thanks again for the gentle push.
1migrantbird
What a beautiful song and such a great down-to-earth video. Love it!!
Chop Suey.
I'm literally addicted to this. Especially at night, can't resist listening to it.😭❤❤❤
Kelly L
Found your songs on one app and became a fan right away. Your songs gave me so much strength really when I felt upset about everything in life. Thank you!