"We both have a lot of influences, but these days we mostly influence each other. But we're always hearing that we blatantly rip off Simon and Garfunkel," says Thom Moore. "Just once I'd love to hear someone say we sound like the Bee Gees, who I do think about blatantly ripping off." The Moore Brothers do what all great songwriters do; they make music that sounds both strikingly original and strangely familiar. Thom and Greg Moore grew up playing in rock bands, but after coming together as the Moore Brothers, they stripped their music to the bare essentials. Usually this means a single acoustic guitar and two voices -- voices that will knock you out. When they sing together in the high, crystalline harmonies that are their trademark, they create a shimmering tension that's equal parts ice and fire, a sound seductively inviting and slightly foreboding. Musically, the brothers blend simple folk song structures with unerring instincts for unforgettable pop melodies. "We grew up near Eaton Canyon, which was a nice backyard for us," Thom says. "We worked at the Nature Center 'cause we were into snakes. We liked to scare our mother. I started writing songs when I was 9 with my friend Jon Buck, who is now a white R&B star, Jon B. We wrote about 100 songs together. We broke up when he started listening to Color Me Bad and I started listening to Dylan. I made a solo CD called 'Spitting Songs,' but when Greg moved to Berkeley to go to UC, I followed him up." The brothers began collaborating with a group Greg calls a "garagey British Invasion band" called Thumb of the Maid (the band name is a reference to a favorite Joni Mitchell lyric). They also stayed busy with solo projects. Thom cut a record with his then-girlfriend Nedelle Torrisi; Greg made an album with indie godmother Lois Maffeo as Owl and the Pussycat. They made the first two Moore Brothers albums, "Colossal Small" in 2001 and "On and Out" in 2003, with a rhythm section and electric guitars. They went acoustic on 2004's ' Now Is the Time for Love,' a "live" album done with just one guitar and two voices, and every bit as compelling as the latest release entitled "Murdered By the Moore Brothers."

The Moore Brothers have contributed a track to the amazing new Kill Rock Stars compilation entitled The Sound The Hare Heard, whose title comes from a Buddhist parable about the panic a hare causes in the jungle when he (falsely) believes he has heard the beginning of the end of the world. “When I'm sifting through demos or following up on tips that people give me, I always pay special attention to the singer-songwriter types,” says Kill Rock Stars owner Slim Moon. “I've always had a soft spot for them, from Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell to Elliott Smith and Joanna Newsom. This compilation is a distillation of the songwriters––well established, just starting out, or somewhere in between––who have turned me on in the new millennium." Other artists included on the compilation include Nedelle, Sufjan Stevens, Colin Meloy, and many others.

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