“If we didn’t start a band together, it would’ve been kind of a disgrace to the circumstance,”proclaims Brady Stablein, singer/songwriter/guitarist for Brother Elsey–the Nashville-based,Detroit-born group he formed with his older brother Jack Stablein (guitar/vocals) and twinbrother Beau Stablein (bass/vocals).Big believers in listening to the universe when it’s pointing you in a certain direction, theStablein brothers always knew they were meant to make music together.After meeting drummerDalton Thomas on their first day at the Detroit Institute of Music Education and making him apermanent fixture in the group,they moved to Grand Rapids in 2018 to explore new territoryphysically, personally and sonically. There, they quickly became a fixture of the local scene,playing the biggest shows of their career up to that point and further developing their arena-readyroots rock sound that’s at once hard-wearing and enthrallingly vulnerable.Searching for a widernetwork of creatives and a larger pool of opportunities, the group decided to migrate South toNashville in the final days of 2021, leaving behind a dedicatedaudience and a built-in safety net in Grand Rapids.Their heartland work ethic undoubtedly comes across in their music, equal parts unpretentiousand emotionally astute. The primary lyricsist and lead singerBrady channels a mindset ofhonesty and sincerity into the band’s songs. He crafts imagery-heavy stories about the humanexperience that are grounded in a specific sense of time and place while somehow concurrentlyfeeling timeless and the Brothers drive these stories home with soaring blood harmoniesthat thathearken back to Crosby, Stills and Nash.Later this fall, Brother Elsey will make their film debut inDandelionfrom IFC Films, directedby Nicole Riegel with music written by Bryce and Aaron Dessner. In the movie, they will playthemselves opposite KiKi Layne and Thomas Doherty.