Everything Harmony - Baby Pink

On Everything Harmony, the fourth full-length studio release from NewYork's The Lemon Twigs, the prodigiously talented brothers Brian andMichael D'Addario offer 13 original servings of beauty that showcase anemotional depth and musical sophistication far beyond their years as a band,let alone as young men.Everything Harmony successfully blends the brothers' distinct personalitieswhile giving voice to their eclectic influences. Opening the album with theunassuming acoustic folk of plaintive "When Winter Comes Around," whichechoes the sophisticated grandeur of classic Simon & Garfunkel recordings,they immediately switch things up to the sunny classic pop motif of "In MyHead." "Corner of My Eye" channels an Art Garfunkel-like vocal melody overa moody, vibraphone-tinged backing track suggesting the chamber pop ofBrian Wilson.While they had no grand concept for Everything Harmony, both theD'Addarios felt a "palpable mood of defeat" prevailed while writing andrecording it. "New To Me" was inspired by their shared experience with lovedones suffering from Alzheimer's, "What You Were Doing" is dressed in thetortured jangle of vintage Big Star, while "Born To Be Lonely," written afterwatching John Cassavetes' Opening Night, deals with what Brian calls "thefragility that often comes with age."Everything Harmony is a unified song cycle born of shared blood andcommon purpose. With two musical heads being better than one, there'sno shortage of ideas to draw on. Their only impediments are time and thechallenge of keeping up with their own prolific musical inspiration. "We sharean intuition and tend to be influenced by one another," says Brian, "so thelyrical ideas on this record tend to complement each other. Writing has neverbeen the issue for us. It's completing, editing and compiling that takes thetime. We're trapped in a web of songs!"