Von Hertzen Brothers

New Day Rising (Spinefarm)

Music runs deep in Finland’s Von Hertzen clan. Mikko, Kie, and Jonne have years in the biz separately before convening in 2000, and their dad and uncle played in bands going back to the Sixties. Having already conquered the charts back home, the familial rockers set their sights on the States with New Day Rising, a sharply produced, tightly arranged set of songs that come off like a prog rock Foo Fighters. Big guitar anthems like the blazing “You Don’t Know My Name” rub shoulders with lush cinemascapes à la the title track, with time taken out for heart-bending balladry in “Hold Me Up,” the sprightly piano pop of “Love Burns,” and straight-up prog epic “The Destitute.” Technique aside, the Brothers stick close to the melodies, elevating song over sonic trickery and slathering everything in signature harmonies. Grandiose rock meets blood familiarity for a lesson in intimate bombast. (Wed., 11pm, Trophy Club)

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This article appears in March 20 • 2015.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.