Zorn – May 16, 2016 at 02:45PM
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Jazz singer Nat King Cole’s oft-covered 1948 hit “Nature Boy” featured the line “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn/is just to love and be loved in return.” That line is featured in everything from the musical “Moulin Rouge” to the lyrics of England hardcore band Gallows’ “Orchestra of Wolves.”
The Roosevelts — Jason Kloess and James Mason — aim to dissect that phrase on their debut full-length and explore what it means to love and feel loved. According to Kloess, he and Mason drew from their varied musical backgrounds when writing and arranging the album, aptly titled “The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn.”
“I grew up on James Taylor, Stevie Wonder and Bill Withers,” Kloess said. “Growing up in Birmingham I listened to a lot of rock as well as a lot of country; I don’t know that James listened to as much country. He grew up on James Taylor, he’s actually named after James Taylor.”
Kloess said Mason writes music in the singer/songwriter style of artists like Ryan Adams, while he writes with a full arrangement in mind, building parts around the whole. His style can be traced back to when he was in kindergarten and learned songs by ear in lieu of practicing because he didn’t like practicing.
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