The Lemon Twigs: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Jan. 17, 2018, Bob Boilen It s as if brothers Brian and Michael D Addario fell from the sky, victims of a transporter beam gone awry in 1971, and landed here at my desk with guitars in hand, right next to a perfectly tuned Yamaha upright piano. When they dusted themselves off, Brian (20) and Michael (18) channeled their deep admiration for The Beatles with their own original tunes as The Lemon Twigs, playing songs from their recent EP Brothers Of Destruction, a natural extension to their debut album Do Hollywood, filled with Paul McCartneypop leanings. At this Tiny Desk Concert, the layers of sound found in The Lemon Twigs recordings are stripped away, which makes the lyrics more noticeable, words that at times feel destined for a Broadway stage. It was almost eerie seeing two young adults at my desk who look an awful lot like I and many of my friends did back around 1970. It s uncanny, almost as if Brian and Michael have been somehow shielded from the 21st century. But the truth is they look and soun
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