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.
They are working within one genre – indie folk – but their voices and styles are distinctly different. Keenan is smooth, mournful and dreamy; both Yonda’s lyrics and his guitars have jagged edges.
They each contributed three songs; I’m putting one from each of them below to serve as enticements.
From Brian Keenan: I Watched You Disappear, 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.
From Ben Yonda: Paper Match, to which you should listen closely, so you may also wince in sympathy and appreciation.