Brothers Brandon & Richard Laws have been makingmusic for over a decade. Like all great family bands,their voices sound like they were borne of the sameplace. Together, the debut studio album from their groupHosannas, honors those years refining their craft whilemaking it clear that the place their music comes from isextraordinarily unique.Make no mistake while this record is accessible (eveninfectious), it is not a record you have heard before. Thesound is dark and huge. Place it somewhere betweenyour first memory of being really excited about music,and something like the blurred wave of brain activity thatgreets you when you re almost asleep. Band mates LaneBarrington and Cristof Hendrickson help to build thesongs into lithe, almost sentient forms, a distillation ofhundreds of live performances together, and this livingtrust is captured beautifully by producer John Askew(The Dodos, Mount Analogue, Karl Blau). The album asa whole is immersive in a way that is increasingly rare intoday s culture of atrophied attention spans. The storytold here will bring to mind thoughtfully constructedalbums of the past, presenting a cohesive whole thatreflects a singular vision.