Ivory Hours is led by brother-sister duo, Luke and Annie Roes. The Roes siblings devastatingly lost their brother a short time ago and decided to take their music together to new heights with a full four-piece band. The sweetness in these songs is underlined by a tinge of sadness, and expectedly so. The sound is delicate and the emotions crackle through the tender voices of the siblings. As Luke says, “Songs can’t change difficult circumstances, but I hope they can help people navigate them.”
This is a band to root for, so you’ll be finding me keeping track of their work. Have a listen to two songs off their upcoming pop-filled EP, Mary.
So sorry to hear about the loss of their brother.. my Dad was recently diagnosed with MDS or “pre-leukemia”… I released an album called “The Show Must Go On” with all proceeds going to MDS research. Since then I have gotten an overwhelming about of responses from wives and daughters saying that they were so glad for the music and for someone they could relate to…. I can definitely relate to the quote “Songs can’t change difficult circumstances, but I hope they can help people navigate them.” Best wishes to this band.
And that shimmery guitar lick in “Mary” is going to be ringing in my head all day!