Brothers Osborne release their sophomore album, Port Saint Joe, on Friday. The pair went down to Florida and holed up in a beach house to record songs for the collection, and they were so affected by their time down there making music, they decided to title the album after Port Saint Joe, Florida.
Their producer, Jay Joyce, first suggested getting out of Nashville and on the beach to record songs for their new album.
“I think it started off as Jay kind of brought it up one time. We were meeting about doing the record and he said, ‘Man, it would be cool to get out of Nashville. I’ve got a beach house that we can go to and just kind of shack up in.’ I think partly it started because he just wanted to get out himself. He had been in his own studio for so long that I think everyone just kind of needed a change of scene,” says TJ Osborne. “We were in this house that was not made for recording at all, which was kind of part of the charm. There was a lot of bleed and none of the doors had any foam or any isolation to them. It was really, really cool. It kind of felt like when you are playing music at home and you just love that jamming. You’re just sitting on your couch playing music, and I felt like that’s kind of what we captured.”
This isn’t the first time John Osborne has been to Port Saint Joe, Florida. “I went to Port Saint Joe years ago to play. It was after one of the hurricanes or the BP oil spill or something like that. It was BP oil spill,” recalls John. “That’s what it was. And the government gave a huge grant to this town that was affected by the oil spill and they used some of the money for a concert series and the band that actually played in Port Saint Joe. They set up a small stage and I thought it was really cool. I never thought I would go back to that place. I really enjoyed it. It was a nice little snapshot in time. And then I kind of forgot about it and then when we went down to Port Saint Joe to record our record I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is that place where we played that one random show where they don’t have concerts.’ It’s a really, really cool town.”
Their latest single, “Shoot Me Straight,” is the first release from Port Saint Joe.
John and TJ picked up TWO ACM Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year and Video of the Year for “It Ain’t My Fault.”
Audio / TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne talks about heading down to Port Saint Joe, Florida to record the duo’s sophomore album.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (recording in Port Saint Joe) OC: …we captured. 1:10
TJ: “I think it started off as Jay kind of brought it up one time. We were meeting about doing the record and he said, ‘Man, it would be cool to get out of Nashville. I’ve got a beach house that we can go to and just kind of shack up in.’ I think partly it started because he just wanted to get out himself. He had been in his own studio for so long that I think everyone just kind of needed a change of scene. And it kind of started off almost like a joke that turned into within a couple of days we were like why don’t we do that. It would be nice for us as well, and I thought it helped the creative process to get out of the bubble of Nashville. And fast forward a couple of months we’re loading up a U-Haul truck and taking it down to his beach house. It made no sense other than it being an awesome place to record. There was just sand everywhere. It got all in his beer, and we were in this house that was not made for recording at all, which was kind of part of the charm. There was a lot of bleed and none of the doors had any foam or any isolation to them. It was really, really cool. It kind of felt like when you are playing music at home and you just love that jamming. You’re just sitting on your couch playing music, and I felt like that’s kind of what we captured.”
Audio / John Osborne of Brothers Osborne talks about visiting the town of Port Saint Joe years ago.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (Port Saint Joe town) OC: …cool town. :38
JOHN: “I went to Port Saint Joe years ago to play. It was after one of the hurricanes or the BP oil spill or something like that. It was BP oil spill. That’s what it was. And the government gave a huge grant to this town that was affected by the oil spill and they used some of the money for a concert series and the band that actually played in Port Saint Joe. They set up a small stage and I thought it was really cool. I never thought I would go back to that place. I really enjoyed it. It was a nice little snapshot in time. And then I kind of forgot about it and then when we went down to Port Saint Joe to record our record I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is that place where we played that one random show where they don’t have concerts.’ It’s a really, really cool town.”
