avett brothers

Give them a listen sometime. I find this song haunting. This phrase I found explaining the root of this song.

"The title track for the new album, is a piano ballad soaked in folk flavor, crying “Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in.” Makes sense, since the song was inspired by a gig at Brooklyn’s Galapagos. “It was the coolest place we’d ever been, and the furthest from home we’d ever been in every sense,” Scott Avett tells Spinner. “So the Brooklyn chorus kind of embodies the rest of the lyrics.”

I picked up this explanation off Lastfm.com

Biography

The Avett Brothers are a non-traditional bluegrass band that originated in Concord, North Carolina. The two brothers, Seth and Scott, formed the group after the breakup of the former rock band, Nemo, adding a third member, Bob Crawford. The Avett Brothers combine old-time country, bluegrass, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the Washington Post as “post civil-war modern rock”, or by other reviewers as “grungegrass”. For a long time the group eschewed labels, feeling that “none would do the music justice.” Ironically the Avett’s signed to Columbia Records on Independence Day 2008 to record their fifth album with acclaimed producer Rick Rubin. It’s simply left up to each person to extract his or her own account from the Avetts’ music.”

Their live performances, generally at smaller venues, showcase their use of three-part harmony and southern rock feel, and are admired for being intense, energetic, and soulful. The Avett’s have been picking up steam opening for Dave Matthews Band and playing SXSW and Newport Folk Festival.

Edited by weanders on 24 Jun 2009

anyway, enjoy them. I find it an intriguing new sound. but then again, The Devil Makes Three is one of my FAVORITES!

Peace.


I and Love and You.

load the car and write the note
grab your bag and grab your coat
tell ones that need to know
we are headed north

all one foot in and one foot back
but its okay, to live like that
so i cut the ties and i jumped the tracks
for never to return

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

when at first i learned to speak
i used all my words to fight
with him and her and you and me
oh its just a waste of time
its such a waste of time

that women shes got eyes that shine
like a pair of stolen polished dimes
she asked to dance i said its fine
ill see you in the morning time

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

three words that became hard to say
i and love and you
what you were then i am today
look at the things i do

brooklyn brooklyn take me in
are you aware the shape im in
my hands they shake my head it spins
brooklyn brooklyn take me in

dumbed down and numbed my time and age
you dreams to catch this world the cage
the highway sets the travelers stage
all exits look the same
three words that became hard to say
i and love and you
i and love and you
i and love and you
the highway

the avett brothers - 2009