"Sensitive, scorned, and whimsically serious, BROTHERS PAST is a glimpse into the future of pop music. The Philadelphia quartet rests on a bedrock of solid songwriting, progressive musical sensibilities and incredible drumming... "Words Like Weapons" is a great fucking song with its snappy blips, hot-knife lyrics and scooting breakbeat. In "Leave the Light On" Tom Hamilton's whining lament opposes quick snare snaps and dreamy synths. "Everything Must Go" closes the album with a down-the-nose farewell to the album's lost love. BROTHERS PAST offers a smooth and believable blend of electronica, rock and pop just original enough to place This Feeling at the top of the growing pile of genre-bending releases. -- MORGAN WELLS, URB MAGAZINE
"Philadelphia-based electro-rock band Brothers Past ain’t your typical rock band at all. The quartet works off an energetic sound rich with heavy guitar riffs, spazz-out drum beats, and bleepy digital audio manipulations. It’s ambitious, high-minded, conceptual stuff aiming for the same heights at which Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, and Radiohead set their sights." -- BY: T. BALLARD LESEMANN, The Charleston City Paper
Since early 2000, Philadelphia's BROTHERS PAST have managed to stand out from the crowd by merging bits of electronic exploration with indie-rock flavored anthems. The band's sound is new and energetic, big yet introspective, a merger of rock anthems and electronic exploration. Their 2005 release, This Feeling's Called Goodbye, on Sci-Fidelity Records, saw the the band receive national praise, from critics, bloggers, hippies, hipsters, and regular joes just like you! Many festival appearance followed, including a slot at Bonnaroo in June 2006. Band members are currently working on material for a new record, and dabbling in various side projects, like Tom Hamilton's American Babies and Biodiesel.
Stir Fry Music Revival - August 28th & 29th @ Snipes Farm - 15 Mins from Philadelphia. 2 Days of music, camping and great vibes...
The 2009 Line-up:
Brothers Past Frog Holler Turbine Splintered Sunlight The Hustle Si Senorita The Coyotes Psychedelphia Old Blotter Manatawny Creek Ramblers Steel Breeze Dr. Fish & Friends Tin Bird Choir Newtown Creek Dirty White Boys Pete Kranz & the Wide-Eyed Mother Brothers Members Of Sage American Babies featuring Scott Metzger, Kevin Kendrick, Jim Hamilton, Joe Russo and Tom Hamilton Strange Sun Dirk Quinn Band The Godinez Brothers
your guys' set at camp was truly uplifting. amazing to see you guys rip it like that. took us back to 2004, 2005, 2006. thank you. best set of the weekend. much love from all of the wyoming crew. hope to see BP again in colorado soon.
awesome energy @ camp bisco fellas, so glad to finally catch a brothers past show, hoping to catch you @ the stir fried music revival,hope you guys keep doing more shows,one of my fav bands Peace
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A little blast from the past....posted this gem on the 'old' ceiling awhile back; forgot to do it here as well.....
Brothers Past 3/2/2005 @ Tipintina's-New Orleans, LA Set II: [Words Like Weapons->Year Of The Horse->]*Bottlecap->Year Of The Horse, State Police->One Rabbit Race->Forget You Know Me->One Rabbit Race ([]*)not included in this clip....the webcast was really bad that night, as some may recall. This is a rough edit of the best part of the show i was able to capture. ENJOY!
I love the music guys. love to see you all back together and playing in such harmony. Please announce that you will be with the Disco Biscuits at Red Rocks on May 30th. I would really like to see you there and maybe get lucky and see some Electron late night!!! - Peace
Yo guys! When you come to Denver you should try and fit in another show in Boulder at The Fox or Boulder Theater or for a smaller intimate place The Laughing Goat or Red Fish (both in Boulder). or a show at CU or something...
