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 McCarthy The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth Rock And Pop | Optic Nerve | 2LP, Includes 7" Released 24th July 2020 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders McCarthy The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Optic Nerve SKU: OPT4028 Formats: 2LP, Includes 7" Released Date: 24th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Railroad Bill Pigs Might Fly Rock And Pop | Country Mile Records | 1LP Released 13th June 2015 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Railroad Bill Pigs Might Fly £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Country Mile Records SKU: CMR014LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th June 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Joseph King Wanderlusting Rock And Pop | Rockarmy Records | 1LP Released 2nd June 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joseph King Wanderlusting £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rockarmy Records SKU: MVD6292LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Neil Ardley Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 2LP Released 11th July 2005 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Neil Ardley Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: GULLPP1018 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 11th July 2005 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gun Club, The Lucky Jim Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 18th May 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gun Club, The Lucky Jim £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP697 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mission Of Burma VS Rock And Pop | Fire Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th August 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mission Of Burma VS £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP280 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Talk Talk It’s My Life Rock And Pop | Warner Music | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th October 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Talk Talk It’s My Life £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Music SKU: 0190295195328 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Killing Joke In Dub – Rewind Vol. 2 Reggae / Dub / Ska | Killing Joke | 2LP Released 5th May 2023 £44.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Killing Joke In Dub – Rewind Vol. 2 £44.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Killing Joke SKU: CADIZLP253 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 5th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Glen Hansard It Was Triumph We Once Proposed… Songs Of Jason Molina Americana / Country | Overcoat Recordings | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th March 2015 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Glen Hansard It Was Triumph We Once Proposed… Songs Of Jason Molina £13.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Overcoat Recordings SKU: OC34LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Poco the sounds of Richie Furay Rock And Pop | CBS | 1LP Released 8th December 2015 £9.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Poco the sounds of Richie Furay £9.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: CBS SKU: NN95269 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th December 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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