Oct 3, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“American duo Brother Earth is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist (and producer) Todd Tobias (of Circus Devils, Robert Pollard, Guided by Voices) and vocalist Steve Five (from The Library is on Fire, who recorded with Todd Tobias some years ago. Five...Oct 3, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“A precise, singular term to describe Positive Haywires would be the title itself. You could call it an album or a collection of songs, but both would be suitable titles for this 16 track, spaced out, drug pit. Positive Haywires’ focuses on being ludicrous and...Oct 3, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“Brother Earth is the collaboration of The Library is On Fire front man Steve Five and Circus Devils’ Todd Tobias. Brother Earth began recording in 2008 and this their debut album featured a collection of their tracks over the past 5 years. The album works as a...Aug 25, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“Brother Earth is Brooklyn based duo Steve Five and Todd Tobias. They met when Steve recorded at Todd’s studio in Kent, Ohio with his band The Library Is On Fire. The friendship led firstly to collaborating on videos for Todd’s band Circus Devils (with Robert...Aug 21, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“There’s a very pleasing psych feel to this track from GBV and Circus Devils alumnus Todd Tobias, in conjunction with Steve Five on vocals (from The Library is on Fire). What do I mean by psych? In this case, a stealthy clicked rhythm with plucked acoustic...Aug 11, 2014 | Brother Earth Reviews, Reviews
“Mumbling, lofi, downer folk-rock given terrifying dimensions by ritualistic repetition and enormous, crashing chords.” – 4ZZZ Radio