Music Review: The Naked Brothers Band
What Parents Should Know
Parents need to know that tweens will be hankering to hear
this highly anticipated -- and squeaky-clean -- album from the
stars of Nickelodeon's show of the same name.
Families can talk about how the Naked Brothers has become a
brand name. How does having a TV movie, TV series, and a CD
help boost their popularity? Do they all feed off each other?
Families can also talk about other family-based singers and
musicians who found fame, such as the Jackson 5 and Hanson. How
did their early successes affect them later in life? Also, what
would be good -- or bad -- about working on a television series
with your family and close friends? Kids, would it make you
feel safe or irritated to have your siblings and parents
surrounding you all the time?
Nat and Alex Wolff are real-life brothers who play brothers -- and music -- on the TV series The Naked Brothers Band. Their self-titled debut album, THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND, is a lot like their TV show: slightly rocking and always rollicking, with a light sprinkling of message and mush, and a big dose of sibling silliness. Most of the music and lyrics were written by Nat (Alex contributed some), who has a keen sense for catchy melodies while making the most of an awkwardly changing adolescent voice.
The lyrics are clean, though some can be kind of lame and frequently nonsensical ("If That's Not Love"), but they're mostly lost behind the music anyway. The boys play all of the music on the album, which was produced and arranged by their real-life dad Michael Wolff (who, incidentally, plays their musically challenged dad on TV).
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