Jeff The Brotherhood, Heavy Cream, The Touch Tones
Wednesday July 14th, 2010
Jeff The Brotherhood (Nashville, TN)
Heavy Cream
The Touch Tones
9PM
$4
With their savage follicles and beer-soaked, bruised take on punk, Nashville’s JEFF The Brotherhood seem like the type of boys that would steal both your whiskey and your sister’s virtue, and still earn a standing invitation to play your basement. But this might be an unfair assumption, because 23-year-old guitarist/singer Jake Orrall and his 21-year-old brother/drummer Jamin have been hardworking family businessmen for the better part of the decade. Both Orralls did time in dearly-missed Nashville sensations Be Your Own Pet (Jake left before the first album was released and Jamin before the second; everyone’s still cool though). But JEFF has been their main passion; they had already recorded several (currently unavailable) albums before the release of their most recent collection/national debut Heavy Days, which is available via the family label, Infinity Cat. -village voice (Dec 4, 2009)
If we had to pick a band that was emblematic of the year’s triumphs (and, say, put them on our cover), it would be JEFF the Brotherhood. After years of tirelessly playing shows around Nashville wherever—club, basement, crawl space—and whenever, the sibling power duo made good on all the promise they’ve shown, releasing one of the year’s best local albums, touring alongside underground legends like Shonen Knife and Ted Leo, and bringing the noise to a growing national fan base. -Nashville Scene, Dec 8, 2009.
