• The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love:     The Legende of Jeb Minor The Original Brothers And Sisters Of Love are the Midwest’s leading purveyors of Appalachian-Maritime-Prog-Pop. The band was born in a Michigan coat pocket full of field corn and petoskey stones, their music leads your car down the dirt roads you meant to pass and lands owls on your hood at four way stops. They sound like feedback in a silo and tape hiss on a dark beach. The All Music raves that Jeb Minor’s elements of "Tim Buckley, Van Dyke Parks, The Beach Boys, and Harry Nilsson are unmistakable, (but) the Ann Arbor, Michigan, six-piece is too unique for any direct comparisons… Over two years in production, this long-awaited album, like most orgasmic experiences, was worth the wait. Highly recommended." The Legende of Jeb Minor as a whole, and particularly the title track, is a decadent mix of acoustic guitar, violin, accordion, and vocal harmony. Other notable tracks are the ode to unrequited love and life amongst The Great Lakes, "The Northern Years" and the thoughtful ballad "Nailed to the Body of Lincoln." According to Detroit Metro Times, "Their music, as evidenced on their LP The Legende of Jeb Minor, is steeped in late nights haunting the camp-fire flicker with tales of passing ships, seasons and spectral sketches of Michigan's rural otherworld." Reviews From the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee to the college town they call Tree Town, Ann Arbor-via-Brighton-and-New-Zealand sextet The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love (TOBASOL, for brevity) have managed to hold together a loose northwoods folk implosion thanks to a tight mastery of the three "f"'s "Folk," "Fitzgerald (as in Edmund)" and "Fun." Their music, as evidenced on their LP The Legende of Jeb Minor, is steeped in late nights haunting the camp-fire flicker with tales of passing ships, seasons and spectral sketches of Michigan's rural otherworld. -The Detroit Metro Times "**** (Four Stars)… They don't see any boundaries between musical styles or genres or even lyrical subject; there are songs that play as fables and others that sound like myths...The best thing about it all is that the music always feels familiar, as if you've heard the songs hundreds of times before, yet it simultaneously feels fresh and unpredictable...The fact that The Legende of Jeb Minor is a debut effort makes it all the more impressive" - All Music Guide "With a startlingly inventive marriage of traditional folk melodies, hauntingly beautiful lyrics, and eclectic instrumentation, The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love's debut release The Legende of Jeb Minor sounds as warm as your mother's lullabies and as crisp as November leaves. The sextet is fronted by brothers Tim and Jamie Monger, whose shared vocals are as harmonious as their songwriting styles are divergent. While Tim's songs provoke laughter and tears, Jamie's songs are alternatively chilling and patriotic. This push and pull between one brother's soothing short stories about love and introspection, and the other's stark visual imagery and historical accounts creates a musical tension bound together tightly by the strong musicianship of everyone involved. Shifting from a choral ode to "The Smiling Baby" and a searing guitar-driven obituary for the death of radio, songs hit you like sweet bedtime stories that keep you awake all night. Two years in the making, the album is a constant labyrinth of violin, accordion, mandolin, aggressive bass playing, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion of amazing variety, and entire string sections. Somehow the songs manage to be brimming with sound without being spoiled by too many cooks: remaining bare and stark one moment, and sweeping up into full orchestration the next. Fans of Jeff Buckley's lilting vocals, the Carter Family's traditional folk tales, Tortoise's lush arrangements, and the swashbuckling Errol Flynn movies: rejoice! The Legende of Jeb Minor is unfamiliar and eccentric, but as inherent as original language." -Current "Ancient folk roots from Scotland to Kentucky, Van Dyke Parks-like wit, and a distinct art- rock awareness. They sweep you up in their passion and authenticity of the work." -Dream Magazine Listening to TOBASOL caused the door to that place to swing open again, bringing back memories of clam chowder in styrofoam bowls and the evolution of harpoon points. (They are) inventing an updated genre just as the No Depression bands brought back an early country/folk sound….Does the album receive my blessing?…Yes" -Pitchfork "The Legende of Jeb Minor starts off like a modest Chieftains-style record, then splinters and seesaws through Camper Van Chadbourne territory. It, shall we say, becomes a traditional album on acid. he singing is shared by the Monger brothers and nicely supported by a New Zealander, Elisabeth Auchinvole, whose manic violin work adds a deep portion of beauty and craziness to the record. TOBASOL are as radical as the Pogues -- and to a far greater degree, musically speaking...They have a truly unique take on the music that's been handed down to them from countless generations of drinkers, They have a truly unique take on the music that's been handed down to them from countless generations of drinkers, lovers and birds on the wrong side of the law. With excellent musicians like Gregory, Scott and Fido adding to the panorama of oceanic bliss, it makes one hope their next record arrives as soon as the next storm.lovers and birds on the wrong side of the law." -Splendid.   1.Midwest Sea Salt 2.Legende of Jeb     Minor 3.Ode to Joy/Dead     Man's Float 4.Cemetery Practice 5.Northern Years 6.Bird Song 7.Smiling Baby 8.Nailed to the Body     of Lincoln 9.Windroom 10.Ice Cream Hat 11.Rich People      Across the River 12.Lonely Moon 13.Dead Radios 14.Coffee Moon