Rose City Band - Sol Y SombraRose City Bands music is sun kissed timeless country rock whose seemingly effortless momentum carries the joy of its creation without ignoring the darkness pervading our consciousness. Led by guitarist vocalist Ripley Johnson, the music of Rose City Band is rooted in his love of private press records of the mid to late 70s. The band, in addition to Johnson, features pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg and drummer John

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All album selections taken from the catalog of Numero Group

noir-ish texture of sound emerging like car headlights from the fog

Gerard came to a realisation that the key to the sound of the record would be tremolo

My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons begins with a Nyabinghi-esque drum pattern – a nod to the spiritual music of the Rastas which was itself derived from the musical traditions of African slaves brought to Jamaica in the 17th and 18th century – while My Queen Is Angela Davis

Its cascading

Emilie Guillaumot and Jérémie Orsel

Partially recorded in New York

founders of Creation Records

Now it's your turn to come around and love one of the fnest soul albums of the decade

Released 22nd February

‘Confidenza’ sees Petts- Davies and Yorke working again with the London Contemporary Orchestra alongside a jazz ensemble which included Robert Stillman and fellow The Smile bandmate Tom Skinner