Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Ivan & Alyosha‘s “Fathers Be Kind” a band name taken from Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”. This Seattle-based band first came to me on a monthly mixtape secret society called Porchswing. A friend of a friend from Austin that puts together some of the best music you’ve ever heard, whenever he gets around to it. Sorry friends, invite-only.

I first heard the song “Glorify”, initially I wasn’t too sold on another Christian folk song, yet this one was refreshingly earnest, “Glorify the Lord above
with your drink and making love
Glorify the Lord, my son
with your whiskey and your guns”. I thought, yeah, that’s more like it.

Fathers Be Kind is easy listening, and by that I mean it requires no translation and boasts no ambiguous depth, it’s just nice folk songs to listen to with a sound strikingly comparable to Fruit Bats.

Ivan & Alyosha are currently on tour with Brandi Carlile, doesn’t look like there are any California dates for now though. They are giving away Fathers Be Kind for free (kind of) via Noisetrade. Check it out here.

Ivan & Alyosha- Glorify

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