ARTIST: My Brother Woody
TITLE: It's A Long Way From That Sort of Thing You W
LABEL: Glass House Records
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 38:09 min
SIZE:  49,7 MB
RIP DATE: Feb-24-2008
RELEASE DATE: Aug-06-2007
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Hanging Around                             03:55
02. Shelly                                     03:27
03. Getting Old Goes With Getting Fat          03:48
04. Your New-Found Taste                       03:18
05. Super Serotonin Girl                       03:40
06. I Got A Gurl                               03:45
07. Wish I Was A DJ                            02:34
08. When Summer Comes Around                   03:43
09. Not Exactly What You Dreamed of            03:52
10. Another Wave of Harmony                    02:47
11. I Only Like Songs With Bops, Oohs & Aahs   03:20

Release Notes:

My Brother Woody is the creation of Irish songwriter
Michael Cleare.  The band name comes from the name
of a song by The Free Design.  "Warm indie-rock
awash with the summer harmonies of late 60s pop
culture, their debut is proving to be quite a
pleasant indulgence.  Described before as The Beach
Boys meets Teenage Fanclub, the material is
buoyantly harmonic, yet more often than not remains
delicate in delivery.  The album opens in an elegant
and delectably frail manner with 'Another Wave Of
Harmony' before leading into the confident and
uplifting brass sounds of 'Wish I Was A DJ',
injecting quite a jazz-pop lift to that Beach Boys
summer vibe.  Elsewhere the album is nicely poised
between dippy and melancholic moods, and is quite a
triumph of indie-pop!" -
Frequency-Ireland.blogspot.com  "Full of
infectiously catchy melodic sounds with a real
emphasis on the summery pop sound, it has a real
60's pop feel to it with lots of great vocal
harmonies and some lovely mellow brass sounds
strategically placed in their superbly written
catchy pop songs!" - Road Records  "This record does
a few things to me: One thing it does is make my toe
tap.  That immediately gets my vote.  Great grooves
all over the place.  And secondly: It feeds my power
pop and songcraft jones like no one's business!
What if Dennis Wilson sang with The Pernice Brothers
and the songs were co-written by Pernice, Paul
Westerberg of The Replacements, Paul Weller (circa
Style Council), Crowded House, and arranged by Brian
Wilson and Sufjan Stevens?  It would be My Brother
Woody. This band is standing tall in the classic
tradition of great Dublin pop bands (Pugwash and The
Thrills to name two in a city packed with amazing
pop bands).  This record is pop with a capital 'P',
and shows a lot of work and dedication to the art of
songwriting.  The arrangements are mature and subtle
and the lead vocals are strong and sure. If you like
your music catchy, filled with pop, meaningful, and
with a lot of soul, then this is for you!" - Nelson
Bragg   Spot on Nelson!
