
Providence, RI's
the Brother Kite had their beginnings in the collaboration between musicians
Patrick Boutwell and Jon Downs in 2001, but the group itself didn't come together until the following year with the addition of bassist
Andrea Mason and guitarist
Mark Howard. The group released a split 7" with
Vaguely Starshaped in 2003 and followed it up with their first full-length,
The Brother Kite, the following year. They recruited drummer Matt Rozzero soon after that, and the group started thinking about their second album.
the Brother Kite emerged from their homemade studio two years later with
Waiting for the Time to Be Right, an album that cobbled together the band's trademark shoegaziness with psychedelic power pop reminiscent of
Smiley Smile-era
Brian Wilson. See them live at
Narragansett Beer's 122nd Anniversary Party on Friday, December 28 at THE MET in Pawtucket.