The Felice Brothers
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The inevitable glory that comes with being the first to post about a breaking artist, at least within a smaller clique has been long absent from my life, and that won’t end today. The Felice Brothers aren’t new and they’re not particularly edgy, hip or happening, they’re probably not even particularly good musicians from a technical standpoint. Watching a clip of them in studio it was apparent that headphones and monitors were about as useful to them as a woman would be to Jinja Safari.
They play old timey folk, with an emphasis on the genuine. James Blackwood (of Valar, who are awesome, you know the spiel) shared this song with me and the sheer earnestness of the thing blew me back off my ergonomic swivel chair. The track below is called Ballad of Lou the Welterweight and from what I can gather the song is about a boxer’s last bout and the pre-fight lovemaking (which, I’ve heard, is the best kind of lovemaking) that takes place. Ian Felice’s vocals, which sound like an entangling of Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, somehow manage to carry this crazy blue-collar vibe about the whole track. It’s pretty, it’s sad, it’s slightly racy, it’s just amazing.
The Felice Brothers – ‘Ballad of Lou the Welterweight’
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Here’s another from their third record, Tonight At The Arizona.
The Felice Brothers – ‘Roll on Arte’
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And here, is another, this time from their fifth, self-titled record.
The Felice Brothers – ‘Frankie’s Gun’
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