AP Track Review:
Portland, Oregon celebrates it's wierdness. It is dichotomy of social mores and art. It twists in liberal ways but gun ownership is about as high as North Carolina. It is mocked and celebrated in Portlandia for it's hippie logic and hipster affectations but it has one of the highest strip clubs per density in the country. In other words, it sways and surprises in mysterious ways. You cannot really pigeonhole the state and that air of differences might just extend to the artists that populate it's music scene.
Take the track An Execution from Adopted Brothers' EP Delirium Tremens. The track rides on picking guitar and a furious shuffle beat as Lukas Heathman sings in a conversational way, his voice having a casual bounce and gentle bite but bite nontheless as horns and mellow rock guitar punches support the story. This outfit features trumpet player and trombone used to good effect. Take the song, cagey and smile inducing 30 Months and you will hear it. On Lillies / The Future synthy sounds percolate with delicate intrusions of sound in very interesting ways. The hushed vox have this ghosted low affectation and the varied sounds coming in from all directions are delicious and proto punkishly artful. Then take slow funk come sort of track Aeroplanes with it's peppy slow dance tone. The vibe is so cool, the horns easing back like a contact high. Cool stuff-- that you must check out. Adopted Brothers say they are less of a band and more of an "inclusive, musically-driven social club" populated by Lukas Heathman (vox, keys, etc), Jon VanCura (bass, guitar, etc.), Joey Harmon (drums, percussion, etc.), Cory Palacios (trumpet) and Anthony Meade (trombone)... well, this is Portland.
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Robb Donker
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