Brother Oliver: "Castles"
Brother Oliver is a South Carolina-based musical project formed by two brothers, Andrew & Stephen Oliver. The brothers deliver high-energy performances through the lens of a folk-rock / psych-rock aesthetic—a genre they've officially coined as "psychedelic folk-rock." Their explorative approach to music strikes a chord with any audience and has gained recognition in the Southeast and abroad—landing them on bills alongside the Steve Miller Band, Father John Misty, Drake Bell, of Montreal, Matthew Logan Vasquez, SUSTO, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and more.
The project was started in 2011 in the small town of Greenville, Michigan—where the brothers were born and raised. Just two years later, they moved to Greenville, South Carolina as a result of 20-year-old angst and longings for change. Upon arrival, Andrew (the eldest of the two) opened a small recording studio where they would write and record their first album, Stubborn Fool, in 2013.
A few years later, Brother Oliver released their self-titled full-length album, Brother Oliver, which was regarded as highly innovative and caught the attention of Huffington Post, PBS, PopMatters, AXS, and more. Their most recent album Well, Hell is the keystone of their catalog and has put them at the cutting edge of the folk-rock world, garnering heavy attention yet again. The album’s release day was officially proclaimed as “Brother Oliver Day” by the mayor of Greenville, South Carolina and the band was named “2019 Artist of the Year” by the Upstate Music Awards.
Their single "Castles" is a monumental indie rock tale bronzed in psychic folk. The single follows last year's sophomore self-titled album, Brother Oliver — produced in the band’s Appalachian studio, mastered by John Baldwin (Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes) and recently praised by Huffington Post, Impose, New Noise, and more.
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