All of these tracks except the last were remixed, re-sung, overdubbed and re-mastered in 2010 for the album Supermodified. This is the original 2003 album of these songs.

The Brother Who Lived
is a ten track post Moodists 2003 SUPERSIZED heavy entertainment affair . Below is the story behind each of the tracks on the album. It is sub titled "aka the evil and sinister sound" because thats the way a lot of the music was written, with unsettled, unresolved chordings . It was a way to relate it to our previous effort, "the soft 'n' sexy sound" which also had a real in house ambience and sense of proportion, albeit in a prettier, breathier way.

Upon later reflection...One of the times I felt a real rejuvenation in my writing and performing and feelings for the music. Bill Miller really features on this album . In his playing and the great cameraderie he brought to the proceedings. A great guy to have on your side. Amazing skills on the electric and acoustic guitars too. This is also the fiourth and last album Adele Pickvance played on.Privelegfe also to work with Geg Walker from Machine Translations. Most of these songs were resung or restrung and remixed on SUPERMODIFIED in 2010.
The feeling of rejuvenation had come from playing reformation shows with the Moodists and also the general Melbourne underground scene , which Clare Moore had brought me into touch with. Great bands like the Wagons and the Ancients were starting to play around the scene.An inspiring time.

Fave lyrics... "you look out one night / see a bunch o' ham hocks'n'hog jowls and their trotters are up on the table / upsettin' their glasses
I'm seein demons an' I ain't the only one / I'm seein’ demons an' they're lookin' back at me
they know - they know - they're movin' all together / wonderin' why I'm hangin' back so" (I'm seein' demons)

If you think you know Dave Graney-rock'n'roll's master of hipster cool-think again. The once -King of Pop has become the Brother Who Lived, and he's bringing his "evil and sinister sound" to scare the hell out of your post irony blues. On their latest monster of a jazz-funk-blues-boss nova-guitar-pop record, the Royal Dave Graney Show go from transcendent power rock to the hard boiled cocktail, with everything from latin hip hop folk to film noir atmospherics in between.The man is still swingin'; alright....can you dig the experience?
Luke Goodsell, Drum magazine

The critics who've dubbed this "lounge pop" aren't listening hard enough. There's a chance they never made it past the opening "I'm Seeing Demons", where an edgy vocal should have given the game away. Not lounge, more like doing laps around the sunken island bar of a very whacked-out nightclub where rock dinosaurs once ruled the world.
The latin rhythms and acoustic guitar that underpin most of these tracks mask a dark heart and a hovering rock influence. These are the usual Graney musings and observations - Rock Star as the Great People Watcher. While it would be tempting to attribute this to recent forays with the Moodists - the old band for Dave (or David, as is his current preferred moniker) Graney and drummer Clare Moore - it would also probably be wrong. It doesn't pay to try and second guess royalty.
"Heavy entertainment" reads the subtext on the CD slick, and in some ways this album IS at least a mirror image of 1995's "The Soft 'n' Sexy Sound", whose lush textures were more Bacharach than Birthday Party. They're not altogether missing, but on cuts like the title track and "There's the Royal Troll" the guitars of Bill Miller and Stuart Perera give proceedings a rocky edge, against the always nimble rhythms of Clare Moore and bassist Adele Pickvance.
Variety remains a watchword: "All Our Friends Were Stars", for example, takes things back to the loungeroom, but "Like a Millionaire" is a jaunty walking blues and "I Am Your Humble Servant" an exercise in folk narrative. The various incarnations of Dave - sorry David - Graney pre-date the lounge music fad by several years and many shades of powder blue safari suit, so let's dump the labels (except those inside the collars of shirts that say "Polyester-rayon: Do not iron") and listen up.
There's no pretending that this fare is going to satisfy every I-94 Barfly but those who know the Graney muse will be well pleased. We'll be giving it more than the odd late evening spin.
- The Barman (from the i94bar

All tracks written by David Graney except for Like a millionaire (words Graney/music Graney and Moore) and I am your humble servant (words Graney/ music Graney and Miller). Copyright Control.

David Graney, vocals, harmonica , organ, bass, acoustic and electric guitar.
Clare Moore, drums, vocals, keyboards, percussion.
Adele Pickvance, vocals , percussion and bass.
Stuart Perera, vocals, electric guitar.
Bill Miller, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals.