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I have some other Josh Rouse CD's, mostly earlier works like 'Dressed Up Like Nebraska', but 1972 is a far more accessible work. Some of the tracks are just plain odd to me, with titles such as 'Flight Attendant' and ' Sparrows Over Birmingham'. They fit with the rest of the album in ... Read review
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1972
In this song cycle inspired by the year he was born (1972), the wispy-voiced Rouse
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conjures (or imagines) the era's essential groovy vibe, from the title track's homage to Carole King's "It's Too Late" to the Brady Bunch bounce of "Love Vibration" to t...
1972 - Josh Rouse
In this song cycle inspired by the year he was born (1972), the wispy-voiced Rouse
... more
conjures (or imagines) the era's essential groovy vibe, from the title track's homage to Carole King's "It's Too Late" to the Brady Bunch bounce of "Love Vibration" to t...
1972 - Josh Rouse
In this song cycle inspired by the year he was born (1972), the wispy-voiced Rouse
... more
conjures (or imagines) the era's essential groovy vibe, from the title track's homage to Carole King's "It's Too Late" to the Brady Bunch bounce of "Love Vibration" to the flutes, falsetto and jazzy guitar licks of so many of the retro arrangements. Yet Rouse's spin on the era transcends simple nostalgia; the lyrics aren't always as buoyant as the sunny musical interplay, and "1972", the psychedelic soul of "James" and the piano-driven "Slaveship" all suggest a darker tinge within this world of lollipops and rainbows. The bass pulse of "Comeback (Light Therapy)" has a hypnotic effect beyond the time warp, although a come-on line such as "it's the end of the night and I'm feelin' sexual" (from "Under Your Charms") would have sounded as lame in 1972 as it does three decades later. Apparently, those barely old enough to remember the 1970s are doomed to repeat them. --Don McLeese
Advantages: Retro 70's style music with a modern slant Disadvantages: Not a very well known artist in the UK
...'Dressed Up Like Nebraska', but 1972 is a far more accessible work. Some of the tracks are just plain odd to me, with titles such as 'Flight Attendant' and ' Sparrows Over Birmingham'. They fit with the rest of the album in style, but his lyrics take some getting used to sometimes. The album cover sort-of gives it away, with the text in a chunky 70's style.
Quite often this music comes under the genre of 'Folk', although having this moniker can ...
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