Biography
If the old adage of ‘it’s all sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll’ has become a tired, hackneyed phrase in rock’s bible, Brighton based quartet The Hornblower Brothers well and truly bury it. Following recent support slots with eighties ska-punk legends The Piranhas and New York anti-folk troubadour Jeffrey Lewis, The Hornblower Brothers are set to create waves in 2016.
Originally from the dark wilderness of West Yorkshire, Nat and Al came to the south coast in 2007 armed with just a melodica, bontempi and acoustic guitar, and began writing songs about everything from watching car chases on the TV - to caterpillars becoming butterflies. Interested in doing little else but putting ramshackle pop to Nathaniel’s rhymes, their irresistible folk-pop antics have gained them a loyal battalion of fans.
The Hornblower Brothers aim their indie-pop arrows in the direction of the existential rather than how many groupies can squeeze into the back of their van. This debut EP is a jaunty, summery Popsicle, frozen in the minds of five young chaps that first bonded over the satire and surreal sounds of Half Man Half Biscuit, it bounces and jerks with insatiably chugging melodies and shuffling drum-beats and as The Hornblower Brothers’ opening gambit it’s an endearing first bow.
Girls will just have to wait patiently in line and dealers, you’d be wasting your time - the only thing these boys are dropping will be the occasional note. Rock’n’Roll? Almost certainly.
Already lauded by the likes of Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley and John Kennedy, prepare for the Brothers to blow your socks off!
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