Corduroy | The Bros. Landreth w/ Photos VFMF 2022
The Bros. Landreth’s newest release, Come Morning, marks both a rebirth and refinement of the band’s blend of North American roots music and harmony-heavy soul. Come Morning finds JUNO Award-winning brothers Joey and Dave lacing their melody-driven songs with layers of atmospheric synth, organ, and textured guitar. The group’s previous albums shone a light on their strength as a live act, capturing the spontaneity and sonic stomp of a band of hard-touring road warriors. If those records unfolded like snapshots of The Bros. Landreth’s nighttime shows, then Come Morning sketches a markedly different picture, showcasing the introspection and clarity that comes with a long period of rest.
After pursuing separate careers as sidemen, they launched The Bros. Landreth with 2013’s Let It Lie, a debut album that drew upon the shared soundtrack of their childhood — Bonnie Raitt’s blues, Little Feat’s funky country-rock, Ry Cooder’s eclectic instrumentals, Lyle Lovett’s twangy traditionalism — for a sound that saluted the past while planting its flag firmly in the present. Let It Lie was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and received praise from heroes like Bonnie Raitt. In 2022, Raitt released a cover of The Bros. Landreth’s 2013 “Made up Mind” on her new album, Just Like This.
You and
Your corduroy
Your 90s hair
Your crooked smile
Me and
My loneliness
My fragility
You came for me
Now I wonder if you think of me at all
I think of you every single day
Under covers, underwater, lock and key
My first lover you will always be to me
You and I
In the basement room
The morning light
Come shining through
Me and you
Nobody ever knew, no no
While you were holding me
I couldn’t move
But I think about you ever single day
What’s it like to get to walk away
Under cover, underwater, lock and key
My first lover you will always be to me
Under cover, underwater, lock and key
My first lover you will always be to me
Under cover, underwater, lock and key
My first lover you will always be to me
Under cover, underwater, lock and key
My first lover you will always be to me
(You will always be mine)