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Brothers Osborne – All Night

(All night long)


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Al Varela: Brothers Osborne are at their best when they make Southern rock bangers that go off at live events and parties. TJ Osborne’s deep baritone is perfect for the slick, reckless attitude of someone who’s here to let loose and break things, and John Osborne is an incredible guitar player whose shredding is always a highlight of anyone’s day. “All Night” is far from their best work, admittedly. It’s a bit checklisty and awkward in its lyrics, and it doesn’t go off the rails as their best songs do. Still, the hook is unbelievably sticky and the seal of quality that these guys always bring to the table hasn’t moved an inch. It’s a great time. 
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Katherine St Asaph: Southern rock at its absolute daddest, from the guitars that sound like they’ll break into the “Hot Stuff” riff with one more beer in them to the uninterrupted stream of dad jokes that is the lyric to the dad-discovering-TikTok-meme-formatsness of the video. But it’s not realy all dad, is it? It’s also Shania Twain.
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Thomas Inskeep: The most country-disco record I’ve heard this side of Dolly Parton’s “Baby I’m Burnin’.” The lyrics are silly, but TJ Osborne’s voice is deeper than the proverbial holler, so I’ll forgive a lot.
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Samson Savill de Jong: This is bad, but in a really endearing way, like a puppy that’s had its back legs amputated trying to climb stairs. The lyrics are beyond parody (they literally said “I’ve got the zig if you’ve got the zag”) and the riffs sound like the first thing a novice would play when handed the instruments. I was literally cackling when the guitar solo hit. I actually had a very fun time listening to this — laughing at it but not with it.
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Edward Okulicz: Kind of fun, but between the bass, TJ’s very deep voice and the guitar, which does to disco something like what ZZ Top did circa Eliminator, this has too much bottom end to actually take off or get down.
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Juana Giaimo: Most country singles we review lean on the ballad side of the genre, so playing “All Night” and hearing that beat and sensual riff already got all my attention. The rest of the song keeps up with the expectation — I especially love the bridge and the combination of the super deep vocals with the fast beat. The wordplay of the lyrics is a little bit too obvious, but honestly I don’t mind that much about it.
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