Why can’t brothers in bands ever get along?

Word In Your Ear by Word In Your Ear

Sep 21, 20261:00:10Music

While Mark Ellen visits his Scottish estates, David Hepworth and Alex Gold keep the home fires burning with a wide-ranging conversation, taking in: •⁠ ⁠why every band containing a pair of brothers seems to inevitably suc...

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