Live at Hamer Hall The Teskey Brothers

• 1Let Me Let You Down (Live at Hamer Hall)04:03
• 2Carry You (Live at Hamer Hall)04:26
• 3Say You'll Do (Live at Hamer Hall)04:49
• 4I Get Up (Live at Hamer Hall)05:42
• 5Rain (Live at Hamer Hall)04:36
• 6San Francisco (Live at Hamer Hall)05:15
• 7So Caught Up (Live at Hamer Hall)03:56
• 8Dreaming Of A Christmas With You (Live at Hamer Hall)04:19
• 9Highway Home For Christmas (Live at Hamer Hall)04:38
• 10Paint My Heart (Live at Hamer Hall)09:15
• 11Hold Me (Live at Hamer Hall)05:27
• Total Runtime56:26

Info for Live at Hamer Hall

The Teskey Brothers acclaimed 2020 Christmas performance with Orchestra Victoria, Live At Hamer Hall, will for the first time be released for fans to purchase and stream. On Live At Hamer Hall, the ARIA-winning, Grammy-nominated group’s songs were spectacularly reimagined by arranger Jamie Messenger and performed live onstage at the iconic Melbourne venue with Orchestra Victoria, led by conductor Nicholas Buc, and streamed live to fans across the world on YouTube. The 50-minute performance features hits from the band’s two critically acclaimed albums Run Home Slow (2019) and Half Mile Harvest (2017) and their two original Teskey Brothers Christmas songs, ‘Dreaming Of A Christmas With You’ and ‘Highway Home For Christmas’.

On Live at Hamer Hall, The Teskey Brothers continue to push the boundaries of musical possibility, a bold extension of their beloved catalogue. As luck would have it, the album is being released just as the world is re-opening to live music.

The band have won 4 x ARIA Awards, 4 x Music Victoria Awards, been nominated for a Grammy, sold out their last New Zealand headline tours, and are renowned as one of the most exciting Australian bands.

The Teskey Brothers

The Teskey Brothers
formed around 2008 in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne comprising siblings Sam and Josh Teskey (guitars, vocals), Liam Gough (drums) and Brendon Love (bass). Sam and Josh discovered American soul music of the 1960s via their parents record collection and were encouraged into music at school. The group spent their formative years jamming and playing in pubs and backyard party jams, honing their sound into a refreshing blend of soul and blues.

Their debut album was self-produced at their home studio in Warrandyte and captures the essence and sound of 1960s and 1970s recordings with very much an organic sound base, using analogue recording techniques. The songs are beautifully written and contain warm hooks, resulting in an album that is unique but also strangely familiar.

The lead single “Pain and Misery” was quickly picked up by Community Radio and the video clip has passed more than 45,000 views. “Shiny Moon” showcases a cool slide guitar introduction with a mellow groove, sounding almost JJ Cale or Eric Clapton in style and feel. “Louisa” kicks off with a foot tapping handclap, solo voice and then moves into a groovy drum beat and harmonica solo to kick the groove along.

The album closes with the standout track “Honeymoon” that runs for more than 10 minutes, allowing the full feeling of the instruments to flow through from killer guitars, organ, drums, bass and harmonica, building to a climax, then dropping away to allow the husky and soulful vocals to come back in again. Then half way through the song, the tempo and mood picks up with the Hammond organ taking centre spot as the band jams, and then finishes with a Pink Floyd style finish with the Hammond running on with additional instruments, including horns taking it out through to the end as the sound slowly fades away.

This album contains no booklet.