Vinyl Record
The Gabbard Brothers
The Gabbard Brothers on LP vinyl. A 2022 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2022
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2022 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
The Gabbard Brothers is a debut that feels less like a new beginning than a family sound stepping out from behind the smoke. Zachary and Andrew Gabbard had already built a language through Buffalo Killers: Ohio rock with deep roots in country-soul harmony, late-1960s guitar warmth and the loose discipline of bands who know how to make a jam feel like a song. Under their own name, that language gets hazier, more intimate and more openly sun-faded. The album carries the easy grain of sibling voices, where blend matters as much as lead. Its centre is not flash, but feel: guitars that lean toward Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield without turning into costume, melodies that drift through earthy psych, and a rhythm section that lets the songs breathe rather than forcing them into retro-rock poses. Sell Your Gun Buy A Guitar gives the project its plainspoken charm, but the record works best as a whole mood: dust, porch light, amplifier hum and two writers trusting small turns. What makes it linger is the confidence of people who are not chasing a first impression. The Gabbard Brothers sounds lived-in from the start, built from long musical memory and the unshowy pleasure of voices finding the same weather.
The record matters because it reframes the Gabbards after Buffalo Killers without cutting off the roots that made that band loved. It is a modest, durable kind of American psych-rock: melodic, local-feeling and allergic to polish for polish's sake. For collectors following Colemine and Karma Chief's rock-adjacent catalogue, it captures the label's taste for music that feels handmade but not underdeveloped.
This is the natural entry point for anyone who knows the brothers through Buffalo Killers or through their later touring visibility with The Black Keys. The colour detail belongs to the listed edition, but the real collecting appeal is musical continuity: a self-titled statement that preserves the family-harmony chemistry and gives it a softer, more cosmic frame.
Earthy Ohio psych-rock with country-soul harmonies, warm guitars, relaxed tempos and a hazy late-1960s afterglow.
Recommended for: Buffalo Killers fans following Zachary and Andrew Gabbard; Collectors of modern rootsy psych on Colemine and Karma Chief; Listeners who like Neil Young-style guitar warmth and sibling harmony.
Who are The Gabbard Brothers? They are Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, siblings known from Buffalo Killers, working here under a project that foregrounds their shared writing and vocal blend. What does the album sound closest to? It leans toward earthy psychedelic rock, country-soul harmony and late-1960s guitar music rather than heavy garage rock. Is this a good starting point? Yes. It introduces the brothers' post-Buffalo Killers identity clearly, with the familiar roots-rock feeling softened into a hazier, more organic album mood.