"9 out of 10. The tracks sound so normal, and they're so disturbing. I don't know how they do it, and I'm not sure I really want to. This is music for the Apocalypse, a few days before the trumpets begin blowing."
- Music-Reviewer.com

4 out of 5! "A true album. There's a certain swagger to the sound of a band at the top of their game...a vibe that can't be created or rehearsed...but an audience can feel it. Double Happiness is brimming with that kind of confidence.
Music Matters Magazine (August 07)

"...the record's...feel and vibe is daring, upbeat, and filled with righteous fire - the kind of guitar-based rock that makes you want to turn it up LOUD AS F*CK and laugh while the downstairs neighbors beat viciously on the floor with a broom handle. We need more of this kind of shameless, brash, spit n' guts rock an' roll on the boards of our...stages."
- Reveille Magazine

"Double Happiness is a soundtrack to the mid-life crisis soundtrack - a monster of an album wrapped in bluesy garage rock, 60's psychedelica and yes, some Americana roots rock."
- Perfect Porridge

"The Truckee Brothers retain their brilliant flair for grimy, almost Zappa-esque, and obscene lyrics."
- San Diego Reader

"These guys' dazzling talent left me ... humbled by their precipitous powers. Humbled, I say! Exceptional songcraft, elaborate arrangements, wholly unique style, ferocious performance...they can single-handedly save rock 'n' roll from itself. No hype - we're seriously talking timeless, world-class goods here, people."
- BUDDY BLUE. San Diego Union Tribune.

Peat and Cady Truckee weave their constant harmonies, each testing their...guitars to their rock 'n' roll limits, bashing away percussively like the strings were a horrible ex-girlfriend. Their sound is sharp and punchy, their lyrics bubbling with innuendo, and ...their songs are explosive."
- Helen Keen - MAVERICK MAGAZINE (UK)

"A certifiable gem of a record though you'll be left scratching your head wondering why exactly"
- Mark Barton - LOOSINGTODAY (UK)

"...the greatest line penned in quite some time - 'She's and angel, but like a fly, I have an urge to pull off her wings' - this is an exciting new noise..."
- Troy Johnson - San Diego City Beat/Fox Rocks

"Hell, I wanna share the stage with them, get on the same bill at a gig in San Diego or wherever."
- Mike Watt (Minutemen/Stooges)

"Paul, I wanna introduce you to some friends of mine. They're the TRUCKEEBROTHERS and they F#%&in rock!"
- Lucinda Williams to Paul Westerberg (The Replacements)

"Each song is a hit...it's incredible that [the EP] was recorded in just three days!"
- komakino 'zine - Italy

The Story

The Truckee Brothers have been quietly breaking in their new album, Double Happiness, with a month-long residency at a dive bar in a seedy area of San Diego. The wall to wall crowd is self-absorbed, unresponsive, and typically short on attentiveness; in other words, perfect to rehearse the new songs in front of. If they can win THESE people over at THIS watering hole...well...

Peat spots a punter in front of the stage grooving with his girl and asks him if he wants the Truckee Brothers to "play something cool". The guy's been alternating between snogging his date, and chain-swigging booze. Peat knows he's helping him impress the girl. Nodding deliberately, Cady Truckee stabs into the guitar riff for Kiss My Komodo, throwing his guitar behind his head while playfully roasting the front-row guy with his fearless six-foot-four baritone. Diving into the fray, Ott and Hemi steal the song back from Cady, reminding everyone of how much this rhythm section kills. Then with impish delight, the band stops on a dime and eases into the mellow piano-driven tune called Spectre, pounding out an unforgettable motif in octaves and somehow making the piano actually sound cool. Dangerous even.

Cady is joined by Peat as they begin to harmonize, Cady's baritone and Peat in a complimentary crisp tenor. Their pitch is sincerely spot-on, their harmonies locked, a rarity in an era of unsophisticated screamers and whiners in male-driven rock. The lyrics are downplayed yet surly like the bully at the back of the class who's too smart for his own good:

"Love looms eternal like a bad check you can't cash"
"I sprayed weed killer on my hometown roots / Stained my skin, bleached my teeth / Take my prescription mood / You've got to be strong and broken / At the start of the 21st century"
"Groupies and sycophants! / You can kiss my Komodo from the underside!"

The band rages on with a combination of rock n' roll kiss-offs like Gritty Pretty and Snap Tight, with their driving rhythms and well-orchestrated dual guitar riffs, and emotive cool-downs like Bon Voyeurage, and I Am Nature which hint at a kind of rarified depth embodied only by a short list of bands.

In London, The Truckee Brothers basked in the glory of selling out shows at Shane McGowan's Boogaloo Club; received recognition from various radio stations, including the BBC and Radio London and the press raved about their invigorating performances, claiming "The Truckee Brothers cracked the landscape of our world and we saw the light.". In the US, the band earned airplay on KCRW, Indie 103.1 in LA, 91X & 94/9 in San Diego, as well as college and online stations, been heard featured in shows on MTV, written the film score for the indie Poly Esther, toured the US & UK and earned nomination for Best Rock Band at their hometown awards. The Truckee Brothers are forging ahead with the bona fide endorsement of cats like the late Buddy Blue (Beat Farmers) and Mike Watt (of Minutemen/Stooges fame), who has been spinning the TBs on his radio show. Their friend Lucinda Williams recently said to Paul Westerberg, "Hey Paul! These are the Truckee Brothers. They F$%^ing Rock!". Well, they are certainly winning the crowd over one punter at a time.

-Simeon Flick