JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD

Heavy Days

Spunk/EMI

Siblings Jake and Jamin Orrall may have grown up in Nashville, Tennessee, but the sound that they make as JEFF The Brotherhood isn’t indicative of the music that generally comes out of that city. Embracing the DIY ethic with gusto they have released their own records, comic books and homemade videos, while playing gigs anywhere from art galleries to rooftops.

Heavy Days has the brothers using three guitar strings and only the bare essentials of a drum kit to create their unique brand of punk rock. Fuzzed out guitars and frenetic drumming are the defining features of the majority of the disc, with few songs overstaying their welcome. There is no shortage of melody present along the journey with Bone Jam winning best in show.

Even when the duo slow things down a little they don’t hold back on the riffage. The Tropics has the albums most meandering and memorable solo, and is followed by gloriously titled stoner rock of Heavy Krishna.

JEFF The Brotherhood take the punk inspired sounds of yesteryear to make a debut full length that is high on energy and unaffected by fashion.

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT