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Rodrigo Brothers: Backyard Moonshot

This Wellington band play "eclectic indigenous white Kiwi music akin to The Front Lawn". The Rodrigo Brothers are James Barry (vocals and guitars); Alan Burdon (drums, percussion and vocals); Ken Double (vocals, guitars, banjo, mandolin and rhodes); Alan Gebbie (vocals, harmonica and percussion); Graeme King (bass and vocals) and John McDonald (vocals, keyboards, guitars and banjo). With such an abundance of voices and instrumentation they have a very full and varied sound. All bar Burdon share in the songwriting, and the album was self-produced by the group, with some work done by Brett Stanton at Marmalade. This is a fun rock'n'roll album with a party atmosphere. There are hints of country as well, and the alternating of lead vocalist is a welcome variation throughout. Don't expect anything too heavy or meaningful here: this is just six Kiwi blokes having a blast making music for regular people to enjoy, and for themselves. The 12 "full songs" are interlaced with four fun, lo-fi snippets, showing the group's sense of humour A fine time!

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