Duo Brothers - Cream and Sugar (2023) [Hi-Res]

Duo Brothers songs have long been built around Levy’s blissed-out guitar melodies — but on their third album, Cream and Sugar, the band’s sound is pure creation from four equally creative minds. “Our first record was more me and Aviv writing. The second was me and Aviv leading the ship, but everyone at work. And now our third — we’re all steering the ship together,” says Levy. Duo Brothers recorded Cream and Sugar throughout 2022 in fits and starts, when their inspirations were aligned. Instead of arriving with riffs in mind, Yonatan and the band grew each song from seed together — often recording structured jams and falling in love with their first takes. Many of these 10 tracks were completed through intuition alone — the quartet knowing they’d arrived safely on another planet, no need to discuss. “The minute you talk about it with words, something is missing,” says Levy. “If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t need to talk.” Cream and Sugar delivers joyful, playful, jazz-influenced grooves that unfold at their own pace. No stress, no rush — the music freely flowing up towards the stars.

Guitar ~ Yonatan Levy
Bass ~ Elyasaf Bashari
Keys ~ Shaul Eshet
Drums ~ Sol Monk