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The Tren Brothers

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Genres
  
Instrumental rock

Labels
  
Drag City (US)

Record label
  
Drag City

Years active
  
1998 - present

Genre
  
Instrumental rock

Members
  
Mick Turner, Jim White

Associated acts
  
Dirty Three Mick Turner Boxhead Ensemble

Website
  
http://www.anchorandhope.com/trenbrothers.htm

Origin
  
Melbourne, Australia (1998)

Albums
  
Blue Trees, Tren Brothers EP

Similar
  
Venom P Stinger, Boxhead Ensemble, Dirty Three, Caroline Kennedy‑McCracken, The Moodists

The Tren Brothers are an Australian instrumental rock duo, consisting of guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White. Turner and White are two-thirds of the critically acclaimed instrumental rock trio Dirty Three; additionally, Turner also is a solo recording artist working under his own name.

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In addition to their own recordings, the duo served as Cat Power's band on her breakthrough album Moon Pix, as well as Will Oldham's band on the Western Music EP.

Discography

Singles and EPs
  • Tren Brothers EP (Drag City, 1998)
  • Kit's Choice/Gone Away 7" (Secretly Canadian, 1998)
  • Swing Pts. 1&2 7" (as Tren Brothers & Sister, with Jessica Billey on violin) (Chapter Records, CH34, 2000)
  • The Swimmer (Western Vinyl, 2005)
  • Tren Brothers/Bridezilla (band) Split 7' 'Sometimes/Forth & Fine' (Inertia (independent record company), 2009)
    • Compilations
  • Blue Trees, an album compiling out of print, and rare tracks of both Tren Brothers and Mick Turner. (Drag City, 2007)

    • Songs

    Swing - Parts 1 & 22007
    Help Mr Rabbit - I Can't Get Out2007
    Kit's Choice2007

    References

    The Tren Brothers Wikipedia
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