The Brothers Steve

Dose

Big Stir Records

This album is so much fun to listen to. For the most part it's about good times, everyone's happy and in love, with most songs about being newly in love, with the thrill of discovery built in.

The music is mellow college rock, but mellow is good here. It give the songs a quiet weight and substance. It does have an edge, and not a blunted one, but nuanced.

But for all the fun and good times, there is a good change of pace with “Griffith Observatory,” about losing love, and “Love Of Kings,” about pining away for someone. The music gets even more nuanced, saying that nothing is perfect, that bad times do happen, so bear with them.

The album ends with a very appropriate song, “Ready To Go.” Someone might ask where and the band would say, “to get the album.” Everyone should take their advice.

Andrea Weiss