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It is these sixties idols, specifically the Beatles and the Kinks, that the pair state as their most
direct influences. "To me, it all goes back to being ten years old and having my life changed by the
Beatles, they started my lifelong obsession with pop music." It's not hard to pick up this influence
in the Nourallah's songs, from the heavenly harmonies in "A Morning Cigarette" to the jaunty Ray Davies
style sarcasm of "I Wanna Be An Artist" and "Public Skool." At times, the album's dreamy romanticism
recalls late 60's Beach Boys, you know, that other sixties pop band that had two brothers as members.
"I remember when we used to play soldiers by the apple tree…" Nourallah Brothers opens with "Those Days
Are Gone," an atmospheric memoir of the pair's childhood. Sounds lifted from a 70's cassette recording of
them playing as children closes the song on an almost eerie note. It sets the tone for the album, wistful,
gentle, and personal without being obscure. Not surprisingly, it was the genesis of the project. "I came
to my brother with this song that I had written years ago about our childhood," says Salim "It was one of
the first we recorded at
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