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Photo by Seannie Bryan One of my favorite things about following Caroline Rose for the past decade or so is that they are constantly evolving and reinventing their sound. Their latest single, "Valery (please don't be mad at me)" sounds nothing like their previous songs but exactly like Caroline Rose. There's something oddly 80's about this song. It has that anthemic, working class troubadour sound artists like Bruce Springsteen and Rick Springfield... just through a bizarre indie rock meets indie pop prism. I try to see Rose every time they come through the area, and "Valery (please don't be mad at me)" has me even more thrilled than usual since I can't wait to see this one live. Get your lighters out and pump your fist for the latest from Caroline Rose! Caroline Rose says of their latest single: “A lot of this record pulls from stories from my hometown and fuses them with other stories from when I lived in NYC, so some characters might be a mix ...

Photo by Seannie Bryan You know what's better than a new single from Caroline Rose? Two new singles from Caroline Rose! The indie artist just released two brand new singles: "Calm" and "Hello Again, Jim." The former has a certain 90's quality to it that I can't quite put my finger on. Something about it feels like the mid 90's to me, around that time that alt-rock started fully embracing electronic elements and becoming dance friendly. It sounds kind of like a grungy version of Luscious Jackson. "Hello Again, Jim" goes back even further and has a certain post-punk/DEVO quality to it (even if the subject matter is more 90's than "Calm"). This one is a lot of fun, and maybe it's just the singing flowers in the video, but I'm also getting a Barnes & Barnes vibe from this one. These two singles see Rose pushing their music in a new direction while sounding exactly like themselves.  Caroline Rose says of "Calm...

Photo by Seannie Bryan It's been twelve years and four albums since Caroline Rose released their Americana masterpiece I Will Not Be Afraid. Since then, they've gone in more of an indie rock/bizarro pop direction. Their latest single, "Chow Mein," is still more in that style, but for the first time in over a decade I can also hear their country roots showing. The new single is a relatively laid back song that's fun and more than a little groovy. It's filled with fantastic vocal harmonies. "Chow Mein" also has a delightful polished DIY feeling to it. The best part of Rose's constant musical transformation is that all of their releases feel like natural extensions of each other, making her discography feel like a true collection of music. Caroline Rose says of their latest single: “I relate to characters who are a little strange, who are outsiders, who seem to fuck up a lot or find themselves in awkward situations. Most of these stories are just pu...