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Do Hollywood is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Lemon Twigs, founded by brothers Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario. The album was released by 4AD on October 14, 2016, and promoted with two singles, a tour across North America and Europe, and an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In 2014, Brian sent the band's demos to the musician Jonathan Rado via Twitter. Rado enjoyed them and in early 2015, invited them to produce and record Do Hollywood at his own Dream Star Studio in Los Angeles. The duo continued working on their material for the next 18 months. In 2015, they released an album titled What We Know, however, they do not view it as an official album, rather a part of their learning process.
Do Hollywood is inspired by bands such as the Beatles and the Beach Boys, as well as a variety of music from the 1970s. It is primarily a pop and progressive rock album inspired by a variety of other genres. It is sequenced in a way that each brother's songs alternate, and play one after the other. Many critics drew comparisons to a number of different rock bands and expressed the opinion that the album's sound is a blend of the brothers' favorite music in a contemporary ear. It received generally favorable reviews from critics; some enjoyed the band's songwriting and ability to twist their influences into their own sound, though others felt the album was overly reliant on nostalgia. Several publications featured it on their year-end lists.
Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario are two brothers from Long Island that comprise the rock band the Lemon Twigs. Cam Lindsay from Exclaim! proposed the idea that the title of their debut album, Do Hollywood, is a joke and an "eye-wink to the fact that they've already done Hollywood", nodding to the brothers' time as child actors. Brian performed roles in television shows such as Law & Order and CSI: NY, while Michael acted in films such as Sinister and People Like Us (both 2012).
Their father, Ronnie D'Addario, is also a musician, and their mother was an actress. When they were growing up, their home was "saturated with music", as instruments and musical equipment were available, and their father regularly spun records. Both of the brothers have been playing music together since they were in elementary school. They both started playing the drums when they were age five, and Brian started playing the guitar when he was age seven. By age 10, he learned bass and keyboards. Michael was influenced by the musicians Keith Moon and Dave Grohl to keep playing the drums until he was age 13. While their father would teach them the basics of each instrument, Brian also took classical guitar lessons at age 12. Brian has said that when he was a child, he did not want to be an actor, and instead wanted to be a musician. To focus on the band, Michael graduated high school early. When Brian was age 16 and Michael was age 14, they recorded an "album of sorts" titled What We Know (2015), which Michael views as a "part of their learning process rather than an official release". They created it thinking they would be a psychedelic band, though they realized the sound was not meant for them.
Do Hollywood was recorded during a school break, as the two were in high school. They recorded demos and sent them to record labels over the Internet, with no luck at first. However, in 2014, the band caught the attention of Jonathan Rado of Foxygen after Brian messaged him via Twitter. Rado enjoyed their demos and invited them to record at his Los Angeles house, dubbed Dream Star Studio. They recorded the outline of the album in early 2015 over a 12-day period, and continued working on the tracks on and off over the course of the next 18 months, such as adding strings and brass instruments. While the duo worked on the album, they signed with the British record label 4AD.
Though they both wrote all of the songs on the record, they wrote them separately. Michael commented on how, when writing the album, they had "bigger egos at the time" and "didn't want each other to sing on the other's songs". In their writing process, Brian does not know what he writes in the moment until he takes a step back, while Michael prefers to write in straightforward storytelling. Michael also wrote three songs about his ex-girlfriend.
The last track Brian made for the record was "How Lucky Am I?", and he did not get a chance to demo it. He sent Rado a voice message of him playing the song on the piano, which Rado responded with: "We should just do it that way." He then added the harmonies after, because he always thought of the song to have harmonies. When making the song "Frank", he started with the piano melody that is reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, and then wrote its lyrics afterwards. Rado liked a drum sound that the band did not want in the record, but they kept it in, and Brian expressed later, "It turned out great in the end, so I was actually quite wrong about that".
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Do Hollywood is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Lemon Twigs, founded by brothers Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario. The album was released by 4AD on October 14, 2016, and promoted with two singles, a tour across North America and Europe, and an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
In 2014, Brian sent the band's demos to the musician Jonathan Rado via Twitter. Rado enjoyed them and in early 2015, invited them to produce and record Do Hollywood at his own Dream Star Studio in Los Angeles. The duo continued working on their material for the next 18 months. In 2015, they released an album titled What We Know, however, they do not view it as an official album, rather a part of their learning process.
Do Hollywood is inspired by bands such as the Beatles and the Beach Boys, as well as a variety of music from the 1970s. It is primarily a pop and progressive rock album inspired by a variety of other genres. It is sequenced in a way that each brother's songs alternate, and play one after the other. Many critics drew comparisons to a number of different rock bands and expressed the opinion that the album's sound is a blend of the brothers' favorite music in a contemporary ear. It received generally favorable reviews from critics; some enjoyed the band's songwriting and ability to twist their influences into their own sound, though others felt the album was overly reliant on nostalgia. Several publications featured it on their year-end lists.
Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario are two brothers from Long Island that comprise the rock band the Lemon Twigs. Cam Lindsay from Exclaim! proposed the idea that the title of their debut album, Do Hollywood, is a joke and an "eye-wink to the fact that they've already done Hollywood", nodding to the brothers' time as child actors. Brian performed roles in television shows such as Law & Order and CSI: NY, while Michael acted in films such as Sinister and People Like Us (both 2012).
Their father, Ronnie D'Addario, is also a musician, and their mother was an actress. When they were growing up, their home was "saturated with music", as instruments and musical equipment were available, and their father regularly spun records. Both of the brothers have been playing music together since they were in elementary school. They both started playing the drums when they were age five, and Brian started playing the guitar when he was age seven. By age 10, he learned bass and keyboards. Michael was influenced by the musicians Keith Moon and Dave Grohl to keep playing the drums until he was age 13. While their father would teach them the basics of each instrument, Brian also took classical guitar lessons at age 12. Brian has said that when he was a child, he did not want to be an actor, and instead wanted to be a musician. To focus on the band, Michael graduated high school early. When Brian was age 16 and Michael was age 14, they recorded an "album of sorts" titled What We Know (2015), which Michael views as a "part of their learning process rather than an official release". They created it thinking they would be a psychedelic band, though they realized the sound was not meant for them.
Do Hollywood was recorded during a school break, as the two were in high school. They recorded demos and sent them to record labels over the Internet, with no luck at first. However, in 2014, the band caught the attention of Jonathan Rado of Foxygen after Brian messaged him via Twitter. Rado enjoyed their demos and invited them to record at his Los Angeles house, dubbed Dream Star Studio. They recorded the outline of the album in early 2015 over a 12-day period, and continued working on the tracks on and off over the course of the next 18 months, such as adding strings and brass instruments. While the duo worked on the album, they signed with the British record label 4AD.
Though they both wrote all of the songs on the record, they wrote them separately. Michael commented on how, when writing the album, they had "bigger egos at the time" and "didn't want each other to sing on the other's songs". In their writing process, Brian does not know what he writes in the moment until he takes a step back, while Michael prefers to write in straightforward storytelling. Michael also wrote three songs about his ex-girlfriend.
The last track Brian made for the record was "How Lucky Am I?", and he did not get a chance to demo it. He sent Rado a voice message of him playing the song on the piano, which Rado responded with: "We should just do it that way." He then added the harmonies after, because he always thought of the song to have harmonies. When making the song "Frank", he started with the piano melody that is reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, and then wrote its lyrics afterwards. Rado liked a drum sound that the band did not want in the record, but they kept it in, and Brian expressed later, "It turned out great in the end, so I was actually quite wrong about that".