"Here's the story of a lovely couple

Who are in a cool band they call doubleVee

Allan & Barb Vest went on a podcast

To discuss bands that are family.

Here's the story of a groovy podcast,

Hosted by two guys named Uncle Gregg and Brett

They were diving deep through all the records

Mostly classic alternative

Til the one day when the Lads met the Vests

And they knew it was much more than a fad

That this group must somehow form a top five list

That's the way we do it on Only Three Lads

Only Three Lads

That's the way we do it on Only Three Lads!"

That’s right - the focus of this week’s episode is on bands containing siblings, married couples, cousins, etc. Coincidentally - actually, it’s totally NOT a coincidence - our Third Lads today are the Oklahoma-based married couple, Allan & Barb Vest, who make up the band doubleVee. Allan was previously primary songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for one of the best left-of-center indie pop bands of the early 2000s, Starlight Mints, who released four albums during the first decade of the new millennium. Barb’s history notably includes writing, hosting and producing the nationally syndicated film soundtrack radio programFilmscapes, as well as editing a music webzine and performing with various bands. Together as doubleVee, Allan & Barb have crafted some astounding and wildly inventive music - the highly recommended debut concept album The Moonlit Fables of Jack the Rider in 2017, the 2019 EP, the 2022 record Treat Her Strangely (containing "Your Love Is It Real?" as heard on the hit Netflix series Wednesday), and now the newly released EP Periscope At Midnight. The music of doubleVee is a wonderful and beguiling thing - comfortingly poppy but with plenty of strange twists, turns and detours along the way. Cinematic music with a keen and often whimsical eye for storytelling, doubleVee’s songs are beautiful and orchestral, but leaves you with the unsettling feeling that something grotesque may be bubbling underneath the surface.

Thanks to Howard Wuelfing for the introduction and coordination!

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E291 - doubleVee - Top 5 Family Bands