Hello.
The sun sets on my brothers. Our final record entitled "Bovine" will come out on 2 August at the lovely Mill City Cafe. This will be our last appearance in Minneapolis and we would like very much for everyone to join us. Thanks for listening.

Brennan

Last night, Mr. Steve Albini almost admitted he likes our band. I don't think he likes that kind of information floating around, so he caught his tongue before the actual words came from his lips.

Anyway, we're nearing the end of our time here in Chicago. After we were finished in the studio yesterday, we met up with Brian Lake of the late, great band Buildings and got some burgers named after various metal bands. They were the best burgers we've had, if you're in the Chicago area, Kuma's Corner will feed you well.

Day One with Mr. Steve Albini
Things are running mostly smoothly; faster actually than had anticipated. Steve enjoys joking, poker, billiards. He is under the weather. Don't know what kind of tea he's drinking, will have to ask.

Instrument tracks sounding good. "Character" seems to be the word of the hour. Vocals are coming along.

The building is cool. Haven't had time to see much of Chicago, but if things progress as they have so far, that will change shortly.

So we're flying the coop. It isn't due to the weather, and as of right now none of us needs asylum.

We're going to the Vaterland. It is part business, mostly pleasure. We'll be back in a bit with inspiration, stories and scars. That will also mean new music.

Kids, this next Bier is to you.

"Our van is called the Gentleman"

This is not a eulogy, but I wish it were. The Gentleman is dead. He died with dignity, however.

We thought a number of things would happen (i.e., transmission dropping out, axle falling off, driver-side door flying off or sealing shut, or a fiery head-on collision resulting in a 75 car pile-up on Autobahn 7 outside of Hamburg, or more likely on I-94E into St. Paul), but we were surprised to find that it wasn't the lack of a heater in the winter nor the failing suspension that felled our beast known by some as the Quasi-Legal Murder Wagon. It was the passenger side window.

The window disappeared one day. It slipped unnoticed out of its mount and into the door where it will stay until that good ol' Baby Blue is crushed into a cube of steel which once housed the greatest of boot rockers.

Now all we have is that memory of its beauty and the sense of pride we had at the helm of such a powerful machine. And the tattoo:

We're you at the show last night?  You know how we were going to play a music video?  The projector failed class, got an F for failure.  What does a projector do?  Project.  And this one couldn't do it.  What's left?  Nothing but a crappy piece of plastic.  I woke up and found the internet still worked, so I gave it a C, for meeting expectations.  Thank you everyone for coming down.

from http://www.reveillemag.com/content/view/440/56/

Written by Kyle Matteson

When I first heard Brothers Quetico, their defining characteristic was a squalling earthiness that mixed roots music with sheer noise. On their second full-length, Folk Art Is the New Regular Art, the band (composed of actual brothers Brennan (vocals, bass), Hunter (vocals, guitar), and Evan Goetzman (guitar), and non-brother Casey Dentinger (drums)) still has that quality, but it's been refracted and blended into an overarching aesthetic that's at once both weirder and more melodic.

The album opens with "Hang," a song that establishes a thrumming insistent rhythm with a pounding four-on-the-floor beat and washed-out but driving guitars for the harmony vocals to ride out over in long arcs. It's a track that effectively connects up Low's earlier, sparer work with certain elements of punk and dreampop. Throughout the record, the vocals hover on the edge of breaking apart, occasionally exploding into a throat-rending howl, recalling Brakes' Eamon Hamilton at his most volatile.

It's also fascinating texturally, although the noisier stuff such as "Treat for Shock" lacks cohesion and melodic interest. Their truly raucous material suffers somewhat from being confined to a record—imagining any of the heavier moments exploding with full force in a small club shows how much the band would benefit from a sympathetic producer. Still, their willingness to include three false starts on "Dr. Europe" displays an admirable ballsiness with regards to putting records together. And when Brothers Quetico get a hold of a great tune, as on closer "Above It Or In It," the music becomes as resonant as it is gritty. The drums thud lazily behind a plodding guitar two-step, and the refrain ("I was gonna shoot you in the face") sounds as dolefully regretful as it does half-assedly menacing.

Folk Art Is the New Regular Art represents a promising step forward for the band. Now if they can get their recordings to truly capture their knife-edge balance between unchecked chaos and canny melodies, they're liable to crush the world.

COMING UP: Brothers Quetico play the CD Release Show for Folk Art Is the New Regular Art with Painted Saints and Lil' Black Blondie. Friday, December 21. 331 Club. 9 pm. FREE. 21+.

Yesterday we filmed a music-video. There were no robots, or concierges, but we got some sandwiches. Rock stars get sandwiches; we are rock stars?

The talented Joe Clark and his crew worked hard, and it should be a great video.
He's done other videos: impressive in scope and in execution.

You would be wise to come to our Album Release Show on Dec. 21st to see our video for FOLK ART IS THE NEW REGULAR ART will be premiered. Until then, check out Joe's work.



Urban Lull (At Once Charmed)

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For those of you out there who still go to record stores, our new album, Folk Art is the New Regular Art, is available at Treehouse Records and the Electric Fetus in uptown. It is also on its way to Cheapo. If you are finding yourself with $10 to spare, do pick one up. It would make a great gift for that special indie-someone who has everything.

Otherwise, do not forget that you can order it online at CD Baby and so on. Or from us personally.

Also, listen to the radio, because we're on it. If you don't hear us there, request it.

Our second full-length just arrived yesterday. That means that it will soon be for sale in all the regular avenues: Amazon, iTunes, CDBaby, Cheapo Records, etc.

Or you can come to a show and pick one up after we have played for you.

So, the choice is yours; are you going to get your hands on this new, remarkable collection of boot rock originals? Or are you going to be a jerk?