Album Review: Dawes - 'Oh Brother'
Dawes dropped their ninth LP Oh Brother on October 11, 2024. We wanted to take some time to reflect on the album a month (or so) out from it's release. This release marked a stylistic leap for the California alt band. After the amicable departure of two band members and the release of 2022's Misadventures of Doomscroller, founding members Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith are moving onward and upward.
The album was recorded live with just Taylor on vocals and guitar with Griffin on drums initially. They'd eventually be joined by touring guitarist Trevor Menear. Despite the loss of personnel, Oh Brother has the familiar trappings of what we have come to love about Dawes. The same folksy, laid back rhythms, and vocals that just beg for you to sing along to them.
Our favorite track on the record had to be "Still Strangers Sometimes" because it is so easy to jam to. Though we'll have to be honest, the guitar work on "Surprise!" is great too. What's clear is that despite personnel moves or whatever comes their way, Dawes will put out great work. That's evidence by their work on Oh Brother.
Rating - 4.5/5
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Really enjoyed this review of Dawes' new album. The stripped-down live recording story adds depth, and it's as fun as emulator games.
4.5/5 feels generous if the middle sags, and the live-two-piece story cuts both ways: if Taylor and Griffin tracked the record before Trevor Menear arrived, why credit him for the kick on "Surprise!"? Mapping each track's tempo and dynamics with the same song structure and lyric worksheet approach would show whether that dip is arrangement or just the writing. Which track actually changed once Menear overdubbed?
Charting a local duo’s post-departure set on a song structure and lyric worksheet backfired: their sag hit the opener, not the middle, because they tracked live before the new guitarist joined. Dawes’s “Surprise!” lands differently, yet Trevor Menear arriving after Taylor and Griffin tracked live explains that same lopsided energy. Using a calculator for mapping track tempo and dynamics showed me why my worksheet misread the room.
Trevor Menear only arriving after Taylor and Griffin had already tracked live is the blueprint for any duo rebuilding after departures — and for reviewers, since it explains why the middle stretch sags at one tempo while "Surprise!" kicks. Anyone mapping each track's dynamics on a song structure and lyric worksheet can hear that dip without the personnel story.