The Teskey Brothers: Run Home Slow review – Soul music of a bygone era

Shuffling rhythm: Home-grown grooves have an uplifting quality

For relatively fresh faces on the global stage, The Teskey Brothers have the calibre of soul artists well versed in the rhythm-and-blues formula. In their second album Run Home Slow, the Melbourne outfit find home in a sound that fuses the laid-back spirit of an Aussie rock band and the soul music of a bygone era. The result is a wide-ranging album destined to soundtrack every hipster romance. With a shuffling rhythm that hooks you on every note, their sound bears similarities to Michael Kiwanuka, whose producer Paul Butler worked with them.

Stripped-back track Hold Me fuses boot-stomping, hand-clapping and vocal harmonies that best showcase their sensitivity to rhythm: “Carry me / But keep my feet on the ground”.

On Paint My Heart ascending orchestral builds paired with Josh’s honeyed croon have a devotional sensibility that could test any atheist. Their home-grown grooves have an uplifting quality that give even the loneliest of songs a nourishing warmth. For a blues album it leaves you feeling far from it.

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