It sounds vaguely like the premise for a TV show based around our fourth most popular folk-pop act, except they're called Streets of Laredo, not Flight of the Conchords, they're a trio rather than a duo, and instead of a well-meaning but useless manager named Murray, they team up with a savvy and successful American manager, tour the country, and sign an international record deal.
Yes, brothers Dan and Dave Gibson plus Dave's wife Sarah Jane Gibson, took a bit of a leap of faith when they moved to New York two and a half years ago, and it certainly hasn't all been roses, as Dan tells me down the line from their apartment in Bushwick. But they're pretty psyched about how this year has turned out for them, particularly reflecting that both Dan and Dave were at the point of giving music up entirely three years ago - Dan was in pop-rock outfit Kingston and Dave was the frontman for Elemeno P.
"I'd been working really hard on Kingston, and that came to its natural end, and I was a bit exhausted. I knew I still had songs in me, but I was finding it hard, working in a cafe and trying to pay rent, just like everyone else. I got a bit down on the idea of music, and I remember telling Dave I was gonna hang my boots up for a bit."
Dave was at a similar point, with Elemeno P finished, but then Dan wrote a song to perform at their other brother's wedding, and asked Dave and Sarah if they'd sing with him, and they found themselves wondering if there might be something in the idea of making a trio.
