NEWS : TUE, MAY 5, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Rose Windows’ Self-Titled, and Sadly, Final Record Out Now
Rose
Windows, the self-titled, final album from the beloved Seattle sextet,
is available now on CD/LP/DL worldwide via Sub Pop. The album, featuring
the highlights “Glory, Glory,” and “Strip Mall Babylon,” was recorded
in the fall of 2014 at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, LA, and
produced & mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Akron Family, Cave
Singers).
You can now watch Rose Windows “In The Studio,” a documentary on the
making of the album, filmed by Deep Dasgupta and on location in Bogulusa
[http://u.subpop.com/1FLF4CQ].
Rose Windows is available now from Sub Pop Mega Mart, iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp. All customers who pre-order the LP version of the album from megamart.subpop.com
will receive the “Loser Edition” on red & black marbled vinyl, and a
limited edition 7” which features the songs “Never Did Me Wrong” and a
cover of Led Zeppelin’s “The Wanton Song” [listen here]
while supplies last. Additionally, there will be a new T-shirt design
available in two colors, both individually and as part of a bundle with
purchases of the new record.
Rose Windows recently shared the news of their dissolution through their Facebook page (read more here / March 30th)
and have canceled all scheduled live dates. With that said, we feel
lucky and very proud to have released two albums with Rose Windows and
wish them well in all of their future pursuits.
What people are saying about Rose Windows:
“With production supremo and Master Musicians Of Bukkake man Randall
Dunn taking up desk duties, the band recorded the follow-up to their
2013 debut The Sun Dogs in Bogalusa, Louisiana, with the Deep
South’s delta blues tradition feeding into the album. It moves from
opener ‘Bodhi Song’, which finds the band concerning themselves with
Buddhist enlightenment, shifting through ‘Glory Glory’, where evocative
flute lines collide with fuzzy, gnarled bass, and the captivating groove
of ‘Strip Mall Babylon’, before closing with a two-part coda, the
cathartic, exquisite ‘A Pleasure To Burn’ and ‘Hirami’.” - The Quietus
“Rose Windows have the power to lift listeners far out of the everyday…” – Mojo
“Together, they’ve produced a nine-song set mining various vintage rock
textures. “Blind” features a laid-back, funk-and-country appeal similar
to Seed of Memory-period Terry Reid. “A Pleasure to Burn” is
particularly desert-fried and is full of spacious wails, campfire guitar
and rattlesnake percussion. “The Old Crow,” meanwhile, is a guns-raised
anthem with bluesy, Wild Turkey-drenched vocals and a few Dr.
Who-styled synth lines.” - Exclaim!
“Sumptuous” - Uncut
“Strip Mall Babylon” suggests the album is well worth hearing. The song
starts deceptively with a slinky groove, before Qazi’s Joplin-esque roar
explodes over thick, fuzzy guitars and searing organs. It’s a
victorious sign-off for a band with a brief but impressive run.” - Stereogum
“Marked by a smashing rhythm section and gnarly, over-sized guitar
riffs, the track finds the band operating in the the proto-metal
tradition of a slightly grimier Black Sabbath.” [Glory, Glory] - Consequence of Sound
“‘Glory, Glory’ is at once the psych-rockers’ heaviest, most extroverted, and catchiest song to date.” - The Stranger