℗ 2020 Family Hour Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
| Released | April 10, 2020 |
| Duration | 35m 01s |
| Record Label | Family Hour Records |
| Catalogue No. | FHR001 |
| Genre | Folk (Singer/Songwriter) |
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1.1
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The Cure
Watkins Family Hour |
3:57 | |||
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1.2
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Neighborhood Name
Watkins Family Hour |
3:26 | |||
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1.3
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Just Another Reason
Watkins Family Hour |
3:20 | |||
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1.4
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Snow Tunnel
Watkins Family Hour |
3:08 | |||
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1.5
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Lafayette
Watkins Family Hour |
4:00 | |||
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1.6
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Fake Badge, Real Gun
Watkins Family Hour |
3:03 | |||
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1.7
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Miles of Desert Sand
Watkins Family Hour |
4:48 | |||
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1.8
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Bella and Ivan
Watkins Family Hour |
2:12 | |||
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1.9
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Accidentally Like a Martyr
Watkins Family Hour |
3:41 | |||
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1.10
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Keep It Clean
Watkins Family Hour |
3:26 |
Returning to the studio as Watkins Family Hour, Sean and Sara Watkins consider Brother Sister a duo-centric record – yet one that feels bigger than just two people. With Sean primarily on guitar and Sara on fiddle, and with both of them sharing vocals, the siblings enlisted producer Mike Viola (Jenny Lewis, Mandy Moore, J.S. Ondara) and mixer-engineer Clay Blair to harness the energy and honesty of their live sound.
For the first time, the Los Angeles-based siblings carved out time to write with each other, often during the naptime of Sara’s toddler. They took early versions of the new songs to Viola, who instinctively rearranged some of the song structures in an effort to draw attention to interesting lyrics or surprising arrangements.
“From the beginning, our goal was to work on these songs to be as strong as they could be, just the two of us. And with a few exceptions on the record, that’s really how things were. It was a tight little group of us, working dense days where we could squeeze them in."
- Sara Watkins
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Family Hour Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.02 -0.02 to -0.02 | -12.73 -16.56 to -9.74 | -9.50 -13.10 to -7.00 | 7 5 to 10 | |
| 1 | The Cure | -0.02 | -11.35 | -8.6 | 6 |
| 2 | Neighborhood Name | -0.02 | -12.86 | -9.5 | 7 |
| 3 | Just Another Reason | -0.02 | -10.61 | -8.0 | 5 |
| 4 | Snow Tunnel | -0.02 | -14.38 | -11.1 | 8 |
| 5 | Lafayette | -0.02 | -16.56 | -13.1 | 10 |
| 6 | Fake Badge, Real Gun | -0.02 | -12.09 | -8.8 | 6 |
| 7 | Miles of Desert Sand | -0.02 | -11.84 | -8.5 | 6 |
| 8 | Bella and Ivan | -0.02 | -11.81 | -8.8 | 7 |
| 9 | Accidentally Like a Martyr | -0.02 | -16.08 | -11.6 | 9 |
| 10 | Keep It Clean | -0.02 | -9.74 | -7.0 | 5 |