Brothers in Law is a four-piece dream-pop band from Pesaro, Italy. Two years after 2013's debut Hard Times for Dreamers, the band just released the sophomore album for We Were Never Being Boring—the San Francisco-by-way-of-Italy collective also home to Be Forest, Welcome Back Sailors, A Classic Education). "Rais" is the name of Brothers in Law's new album, and it’s not a coincidence that the title implies a “lift”, something that goes up and into the light. The album collects eight new songs that, according to guitarist and vocalist Giacomo Stolzini, “feel the need to go beyond that attitude of bleak despair that had inspired much of our first album."
Brothers in Law was born from the minds and sounds of Stolzini and guitarist Nicola Lampredi (also of Be. Forest), who are brothers-in-law in real life. Together with drummer Andrea Guagneli, the Italian trio released Hard Times For Dreamers with We Were Never Being Boring and Belfast's CF Records, and toured the record internationally, sharing the stage with bands like Slowdive, Wild Nothing, Still Corners, Dum Dum Girls and others, and playing international shows including SXSW 2013. The band has since added a fourth member, Lorenzo Musto, on bass for the new album. "We wanted to make room for a more aware approach and attitude, as we’ve learned to accept that we have grown," says Stolzini. "We, in a way, began to understand that life is difficult, but we are the ones who can try to improve it." This approach penetrated into the writing and music of Raise, resulting in a fuller sound rich with nuances and rounder arrangements, thanks as well to the addition of the bass. The ballads characterize the album and the structure of the songs is more profound and mature.