{"id":2196,"date":"2013-08-07T11:55:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T15:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2013-08-06T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T01:53:07","slug":"brian-keenan-and-ben-yonda-broken-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/08\/07\/brian-keenan-and-ben-yonda-broken-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Keenan and Ben Yonda, Broken Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time friends and collaborators <a href=\"http:\/\/briankeenan.com\/\">Brian Keenan<\/a> (Proud Simon) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benyondamusic\">Ben Yonda<\/a> (Cricket Spin) have come together for the first time in seven years to make a six song split EP they are calling <i>Broken Brothers<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>They are working within one genre &#8211; indie folk &#8211; but their voices and styles are distinctly different. Keenan is smooth, mournful and dreamy; both Yonda&#8217;s lyrics and his guitars have jagged edges. <\/p>\n<p>They each contributed three songs; I&#8217;m putting one from each of them below to serve as enticements.<\/p>\n<p>From Brian Keenan: <i>I Watched You Disappear<\/i>, a song about watching someone fade away in front of your eyes. It is good company in the silence of empty late-night trains, or during long walks under heavy skies.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2400741059\/size=medium\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/t=4\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/briankeenan.bandcamp.com\/album\/broken-brothers\">Broken Brothers by Brian Keenan<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFrom Ben Yonda: <i>Paper Match<\/i>, to which you should listen closely, so you may also wince in sympathy and appreciation.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2629630063\/size=medium\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/t=1\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/benyonda.bandcamp.com\/album\/broken-brothers-ep\">Broken Brothers EP by Ben Yonda<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time friends and collaborators Brian Keenan (Proud Simon) and Ben Yonda (Cricket Spin) have come together for the first time in seven years to make a six song split EP they are calling Broken Brothers. 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