Brotherly Love

The Avett Brothers have been plying their trade for around ten years now but it is only with the release of their latest album 'I and Love and You' that they have found themselves propelled in to the international spotlight. Hailing from Concorde, North Carolina, their blend of rock, folk, country, blues and punk, has been winning over fans since their debut album 'Country Was' in 2002. Heavily relying on an acoustic sound with unplugged guitars, banjos and a double bass their latest release 'Slight Figure of Speech', sees a rare forray in to electric territory and it pays dividends.

The song exudes an almost effortless rock and roll sensibilty (as if one of the more upbeat Counting Crows had been mixed with the 'City of the Damned' section from Green Day's 'Jesus of Suburbia' before being stripped back) and it would happily slot in to any radio playlist. They've been touted as an acoustic Kings of Leon and if they can emmulate even a fraction of their domination of ther airwaves then 2010 should be a very good year for them.

Below is the very funny video for 'Slight Figure of Speech'. Skip to about 2:10 if you want to get straight to the song. Also worth checking out is the title track of the album 'I and Love and You', which can be found here.