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With TJ’s far-away stare and John’s concealing beard, there’s always been something mysterious about Brothers Osborne, as if they weren’t quite ready to show everyone their cards. But on their fourth studio album — self-titled Brothers Osborne — the sibling country-music duo reveal all. 

“We’ve always had a lot of mystery intentionally around the things we have done,” TJ says. “But with this album, we decided to be all in. And doing that reminded me of what it was like when I first started playing music, when it was an outlet for my angst or just a way to have fun.” 

“Since our last record, we’ve been very forthcoming with who we are,” John says. “By acknowledging TJ’s personal life and my mental-health struggles, we are more ourselves creatively and publicly than we’ve ever been. So, it’s time to lean into who we are.” 

And who they are is country music’s most consistently adventurous band, a GRAMMY-winning duo bonded by both their own blood and a shared blue-collar upbringing in Deale, Maryland. They are songwriters, they are musicians, they are the reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Duo of the Year, and they are the torchbearers for a progressive yet still classic type of country music.