Bite Down Rosali SKU: 24.00 26.00 £24.00 - £26.00 £24.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge Records Released Date: 22nd March 2024 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Bite Down quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Bite Down, the Merge Records debut of Rosali, finds acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Rosali Middleman in the midst of transition. Written after moving to North Carolina from her longtime home of Philadelphia, Bite Down is a searching, hungry record by an artist who is resolved to bite down on life, in all its horror and joy. She is joined here by Mowed Sound David Nance (bass, guitar), James Schroeder (guitar, synth), Kevin Donahue (drums, percussion) and in studio by Destroyer collaborator Ted Bois (keys). Bite Down is Rosali’s second album working with Mowed Sound, and there is urgency and ambition in their collaboration a band pushing each other not just to expand on what they’ve already done together, but to break through into altogether new territory. Among those joining Rosali and her band there is Dan Bejar of Destroyer, who waxes poetically on where she’s been, where she’s going, and how thrilling Bite Down is to experience: It’s hard to talk about Rosali’s music. Songs that reach outward like this, but then constantly disarm with their intimacy. What do you call such inner searching that is hellbent on rollicking? Songs that long for a sense of peace and songs that want romance, all on equal footing in the same plot of earth? Performed wild, but always centered around the incredible lyrical calm that is Rosali’s voice. Bite Down makes me think about singers and bands that throw themselves hard into the storm, the way the Rosali quartet does. (Jim captures the tone of this perfectly, again!) The calm of her voice over top of the band’s raging it is the emblem of songs that live to put themselves in harm’s way. But it’s not harm. It’s just that you have to play hard to get at these goods. The calm of Rosali’s voice, the straight talk of her inner search vs. the wildness of the band, the sonic storm she rides in on. That’s their sound. The Mowed Sound. It’s hard to talk about these last couple Rosali albums without talking about them. They play free and wild and relentlessly melodious. They rip and create space and fill it up with what seems like reckless abandon, but listen carefully or listen for a while and you’ll find them paying real close attention to each other and exactly what the song demands. Maybe Fairport did this, maybe VU. It’s a strange telepathic brew. Breezier songs like “On Tonight” and “Rewind” sound like they’ve fought their way to get to that sense of ease. Maybe that’s the Mowed Sound “sound”—hard-won ease. Then add to that Ted Bois’ patented Rhodes sleaze (see sinuous title track “Bite Down”) steering the record into late-night corners; the incredible “Hills on Fire” (maybe the centerpiece of the album), the guitar-ripping and the singing taking turns in reaching new levels of intimacy. It feels listened-in on, exposed and invented on the spot. It is also simply a staggeringly beautiful song. There are a few of those on the album. In contrast, “My Kind” is a raucous, hand-delivered classic; the band throws tables over. For the most part, this is a moodier record than No Medium. It has the same sound of “I’ve travelled through fire to deliver you these songs,” but it is also quieter, more nocturnal. The quiet dread of staring down an open road, and the excitement of that. By the final track, “May It Be on Offer,” it is the prayer uttered as you hand yourself over to the world. Artist Rosali Genre Rock And Pop Label Merge Records Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings On Tonight Rewind Hills on Fire My Kind Bite Down Hopeless Slow Pain Is It Too Late Change Is in the Form May It Be on Offer Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Pretty Reckless, The Other Worlds Rock And Pop | Century Media | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th February 2023 £20.00 Select options Pretty Reckless, The Other Worlds £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Century Media Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View James Walsh Tiger On The Bridge Rock And Pop | TBC | 1LP Released 31st May 2019 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders James Walsh Tiger On The Bridge £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: TBC SKU: SOLOVP2 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View AC/DC Live At River Plate Rock And Pop | Sony Music | BluRay Audio Released 9th May 2011 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders AC/DC Live At River Plate £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 88697870609 Formats: BluRay Audio Released Date: 9th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tame Impala InnerSpeaker 10th Anniversary Edition Rock And Pop | Fiction | 4LP, Box Set Released 26th March 2021 £51.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tame Impala InnerSpeaker 10th Anniversary Edition £51.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fiction SKU: 725647 Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grateful Dead AOXOMOXOA – 50th Anniversary Rock And Pop | Rhino | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 7th June 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grateful Dead AOXOMOXOA – 50th Anniversary £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0603497856091 Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 7th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Magic Band, The Performing The Music Of Captain Beefheart Rock And Pop | Sundazed | 180g, 2LP Released 28th October 2011 £42.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Magic Band, The Performing The Music Of Captain Beefheart £42.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5326 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 28th October 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bad Ends, The The Power And The Glory Rock And Pop | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th January 2023 £27.00 Select options Bad Ends, The The Power And The Glory £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: New West Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th January 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Marc Almond Shadows & Reflections Rock And Pop | Warner Bros | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 18th September 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Marc Almond Shadows & Reflections £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Bros SKU: 4050538310856 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ultravox Vienna Rock And Pop | Rhino | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd February 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ultravox Vienna £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0825646124503 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Captain Beefheart The Mirror Man Sessions Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 30th October 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Captain Beefheart The Mirror Man Sessions £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP260 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 30th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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