The early birthing pains of O’ Brother saw Michael Martens, Johnny Dang, an… Read Full Bio ↴The early birthing pains of O’ Brother saw Michael Martens, Johnny Dang, and his brother Anton Dang joined in making quiet climbs from graceful notes , a struck pose to an older guitar focused indie-rock. But as is the duty of all freshman bands members fade off and new friends, like Tanner Merritt and Aaron Wamack, joined establishing a new vision, and accidentally stumbling into the dark 2009 debut EP The Death of Day.
“The music we like to put together is dark, but so is the subject matter, so the medium has to be as well,” O’ Brother’s lead singer/guitarist Tanner Merritt spells out the capturing of the Georgia band’s first five written songs.
To break the cimmerian shade of an album based around sleep and its emboss to the natural world a dynamic had to be created, a wall of density given breathe and firm grip around melodies unable to wander. The expected sprawl of soft, then loud, then back to soft was sacrificed projecting a new luminance where the strength was in the tiny twisting light that exhales from the EP as a whole.
The band sought to keep their on stage essence by laying the album down live, forgoing the studio temptation to fill each space. Recorded by Brad Fisher with assistance from Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull the best takes were chosen for keys and effects to be added in later creating the soundscapes tucked beneath each song.
Since the 2009 release the band has shared stages with Thrice, Circa Survive, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro. Ready to record again the band is in a new dawn; where the sun is rising and a new eclectic output is being embraced.
“I think we are enjoying the writing of our full length more than we did with the EP,” Martens explains the bands next step. “It is more of a shared experience with this one because everyone is writing. The music is coming out better than ever and we are really happy to be coming into our sound.”
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“The music we like to put together is dark, but so is the subject matter, so the medium has to be as well,” O’ Brother’s lead singer/guitarist Tanner Merritt spells out the capturing of the Georgia band’s first five written songs.
To break the cimmerian shade of an album based around sleep and its emboss to the natural world a dynamic had to be created, a wall of density given breathe and firm grip around melodies unable to wander. The expected sprawl of soft, then loud, then back to soft was sacrificed projecting a new luminance where the strength was in the tiny twisting light that exhales from the EP as a whole.
The band sought to keep their on stage essence by laying the album down live, forgoing the studio temptation to fill each space. Recorded by Brad Fisher with assistance from Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull the best takes were chosen for keys and effects to be added in later creating the soundscapes tucked beneath each song.
Since the 2009 release the band has shared stages with Thrice, Circa Survive, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro. Ready to record again the band is in a new dawn; where the sun is rising and a new eclectic output is being embraced.
“I think we are enjoying the writing of our full length more than we did with the EP,” Martens explains the bands next step. “It is more of a shared experience with this one because everyone is writing. The music is coming out better than ever and we are really happy to be coming into our sound.”
http://www.myspace.com/obrothermusic
Endless Light
O'Brother Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Endless Light' by these artists:
Hillsong From the highest throne To the earth below You laid down Y…
Hillsong Live From the highest throne To the earth below You laid down You…
Hillsong Worship From the highest throne To the earth below You laid down you…
Rune Stowasser It's been a day Unlike any day Now I know It has to…
We have lyrics for these tracks by O'Brother:
Absence There's a wickedness that's in my blood The precognition of…
Ascension We sat in silence, I spoke of leaving And from the…
Bear In bed your body burns just like a fire. And…
Bloodlines I wanna see what you are And just wanna watch you…
Cleanse Me This is a ploy of cold, crass, sheep. To only…
Come Into the Divide Come gather inside and pour yourself some wine Drink to…
Complicated End Times You can try and measure what I do By the sweat…
Context I think you read out of context. Desecrating all the words…
Disillusion All I have return to me The quiet little symphony Of…
Division Of Man Your head, scented of blood, it's blurring your eyes As…
Easy Talk Are you speaking at all? Or are you keeping your…
Killing Spree you’re an evening breeze ripping through my leaves like a k…
Last Breath Lingering in your garden here our tired hands are bound To…
Lay Down Live, learn, and let it lie. Skip to the end…
Leave Me Out breathe out, try harder now to breathe out its pulling harde…
Lo Lo, my eager eyes will know the truth come the…
Locus i woke up in the in between And My head expands muttering…
Machines Part I Is this what you wanted? Eat, breed, repeat. Populate and…
Machines Part II I’ll lay all my anger aside And let all my instincts…
Malum How great is my debt that my penance should be…
Oblivion Caught inside of this nightmare I find There is only…
Oh Charitable Thief Slip in this certain knot of peace I'm keeping silent, keepi…
Only Other I’ve got nothing left all this is fragmentary seasons we for…
Parasitical I guess this life is better than no life You can't…
Path of Folly So did you care to speak your mind cause I'd…
Perilous Love Take what you want Leave me broken, leave me estranged Jus…
Poison! I’ll hold my tongue from idle speech to keep my…
Providence My eyes open up A sea of faces without names fills…
Radiance Was my radiance killed By the growing divide That logic i…
Slipping you’re a place i cannot leave a space i cannot see…
Soma I was hoping you’d open the door Eyes wide open, laid…
Spill On The Carpet I over reacted, it’s a spill on the carpet i missed…
Sputnik So what is the worth in that dirt that you…
The Great Release A slip of tongue, these words fall like an avalanche…
Transcience This is the process elimination That I am soon to rediscove…
What We've Lost Lately I guess i’m not my best can’t help feeling theres som…
You and I You and I, we’re not that much better…
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Brandon Owens
0:00 - Slow Sin
3:54 - Your Move
8:05 - Deconstruct
11:29 - Complicated End Times
15:27 - Burn
19:39 - Bloodlines
24:20 - Endless Light
29:20 - Black Hole
33:47 - I Am (Become Death)
38:40 - Realm of the Physical
Daniel
As far as 'The Dear Hunter', I would recommend listening to these two songs;
1. The Most Cursed of Hands / Who Am I
2. The Fire (Remains)
If you're not interested in the album by this point, I would steer clear, these are the two most powerful medlies in their rotation of later works. I would have to say that Vol V is their strongest work.
Also check out;
Dream the Electric Sleep - Heretics
Another of my favourite bands but 'Heretics' is their sophomore prog-rock release. Strong themes and good instrumentation.
Also 'Rishloo' are worth checking out for their narrative concept work on 'Rishloo - Living as Ghosts With Buildings as Teeth'. a little clumsier than Rush (I compare them to Rush due to the phrasing and singing style, as well as their much earlier Prog-Rock work) with their scripting but the music more than makes up for it. And (unlike Rush), they are true progressive rock throughout their entire discography. Have a listen to the track - 'Dark Charade', truly beautiful track with 3 acts.
There are many more recommendations that I could offer for various reasons but those are at the top of my list as of right now. hope you find something that you like :)
Daniel
Unfortunately, there's not too much written about 'Garden Window', as it was a sleeper in terms of sales and exposure... however there are tid bits lying around;
http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2016/05/26/interview-tanner-merritt-obrother/
ALSO
http://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2013/09/19/interview-with-obrother/ O'BRO also touch on style here;
http://newnoisemagazine.com/obrother-endless-light-haunting-places/
They mention their tie-ins with Thrices sound, as well as Deftones, which is apt considering their motif.
O'Brother's writing is just very focused, they are concerned with themes, upon which they expand, dissect and hold up to the light -again and again. 'Disillusion' is easily their most focused work, whereas 'Garden Window' tends to meander in pace and the thematic, but still hit home with resounding exclamation due to the cyclic nature of the themes that they suggest and build upon.
Lyrically, nothing is quite like O'Brother... I mean, Thrice does hit the mark with their 'Alchemy Index' series, but that's almost akin to a gimmick, rather than subject matter(s).
Endless Light, while still a great album that I always listen to in whole (I never pick out just one track to play because that's simply not how an O'Bro album works in my world. But when I listen to 'Garden Window', I do admit that there have been times that I skipped to the Title Track (Garden Window) to get that endorphin rush that the song always releases in my head.... and sometimes I'll skip 'Speakeasy' about halfway through, to leave behind the looped narrative at the end. But all in all, O'Brother are special and not many other bands have the same effect on me, as their work does.
If it's the thematics you are wanting to pursue, I'd recommend listening to a whole album from 'Lunatic Soul', specifically 'Walking on a Flashlight Beam', Lunatic Soul are mesmerising in the musical motif sense, they find a specific hook or central idea, and build up on it with shifting progressions and/or melodies... they are the type of band that you need to listen to a whole album, from start to finish.
For more complex structure, go to 'Shaman Elephant', they give me the endorphin rush in their buildups but the works are not as cognitively parallel in their album as a whole, to need to listen to an entire album to understand the concepts... they write smart music, intelligently... all of them masters of their instrument.
However, if you're after someone that will share the mantelpiece with what O'Brother achieve, I'm afraid you're out of luck and will need to look elsewhere as I don't have that answer but would love to know if any one else does?
Anders Fjerstad
+Daniel I hope you read your replies cause I'm interested in your opinion.
I've found thrice and the dear hunter to be way too simple for my taste (which seems to be very similar to yours from what you wrote) but I've only listened to a few songs from thrice and the dear hunter's first album - in which I only enjoyed "the pimp and the priest". After trying those two bands I stumbled across Garden Window and fell in love with it immediately.
On to my questions:
1. Do you know of anywhere I can read more about the album? I've been trying to look deeper into it but haven't found the time and it really sounds like it has some sort of lore behind the lyrics.
2.Do you think the lyrics in Endless Light aren't as well written as Garden Window? I noticed a lot of the wording is simple and lacks the impact of lines such as "so Abba father are you sleeping?" which is intimate and creates a clear image in your head.
Also, if you'd like to expand on what you like about O'Brother's writing I would be very interested in reading about it! And thanks for recommending Tanner's solo album, I had never even heard about it so I bet more people will come across your comment and go check it out too.
Brandon Owens
0:00 - Slow Sin
3:54 - Your Move
8:05 - Deconstruct
11:29 - Complicated End Times
15:27 - Burn
19:39 - Bloodlines
24:20 - Endless Light
29:20 - Black Hole
33:47 - I Am (Become Death)
38:40 - Realm of the Physical
Jack Davern
thank you soldier you're doing gods work
Brandon Owens
@Jc_Gamers Thanks mate
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