The Rosebuds
with Magic Bullets, and Jonah Ray
- When
- Mon Nov 24, 2008
- Where
- The Independent
- Time
- Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm
- Cost
- $12 - $14
- Tags
- Music, Rock, Pop, Other Music
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Description
"Having just finished the first tour for Night of the Furies, Ivan and Kelly began working on other creative projects in an attempt to take a break from music before going back out on tour. However, they soon found themselves making songs to entertain themselves and realized they had a whole record. So they ditched plans for a second tour and called in their friends (including Portastatic’s Matthew McCaughan, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, and Ashley Stove’s Jim Brantley) and put the finishing touches on Life Like.The album retains the band’s signature sinister breeziness, particularly on the title track and 'Cape Fear,' one of two songs on the album that juxtapose subdued handclaps with compellingly dark lyrics. Again, Ivan and Kelly share vocal duties throughout the album, with Kelly singing 'Another Way In,' and the lush pastoral 'Black Hole.' On the title track, Ivan is hunted, singing about escape, ultimately describing himself as a beast trapped in taxidermy, over churning, relentless bass. In 'Nice Fox,' his warnings are too late to save the dead fox he finds trapped under a collapsed, rotten barn, while Kelly leads the blithe refrain, 'it don’t mean nothing at all.' Catchy melodies house complex lyrical content, but always with the unmistakable nuanced-pop identity of The Rosebuds.
The Rosebuds have released four full-length albums, two 7-inches, an EP, and a digital-only album of remixes. Life Like, The Rosebuds’ fourth full-length, will be released October 7, 2008."
- myspace.com
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