Band Rose City offers a group of boupatters

Portland Quartet Rose City Band Ribli Johnson (wooden ships, bilateral satellite) with the support of Barry Walker (steel guitar), Paul Hasnberg (keyboards), and John Jeffrey (drums). The fourth record, Sol y sombraTranslate into the sun and shade, but much does not deviate from their cosmic roots.

Johnson said, “I generally try to make high -end music, the time of time. This time, I couldn’t avoid the shade more than existence.” While the album admits darkly unlike light, there is nothing deviating from the band’s sounds with which the sun flows into The right time, often to the private press records in the 1970s from mid to mid -seventies. Sol y sombra It moves safely from an enjoyable melody to another, the only negative aspect that they do not completely explore to the additional access to their voice. In this effort, the Rose City Band offers what fans expect by producing another group of jam -friendly tunes.

Many of Sol y sombra It flies on the surface like the dragon, moving across the water. The “lights along the road” picks up warm tones Rendzvous-Ara luna with crystal guitar that displays self -resets even during an impressive single guitar display. The members of the Rose City Band show their technical talents, but they do this rarely drawing attention to their craft, which creates primarily the effect of a polished group and was in it for a period of time (even if their common history is only a fragment of their collective experience). This guarantee and their general development makes listening easily all the way.

Thanks to the Walker’s Pedal Steel, Rose City Band appears to be always progressing despite her worry style. Sol y sombra Many tunes that suit the road are provided. The way “Evergreen” is documented by a slow car across the forest with paths that move on the highway in a fixed clip, such as “Open Roads”, “Radio Song” and “Wheels”. Similar to Pick Sea changeThe group proves that making music in movement does not mean that it should be absent from the atmosphere. As the title of the album and the cover also suggests, the desert plays a prominent role in the symbolism of the registry and the general meaning.

Rose City Band finds an effect on a set of methods in the record, which can be found in standard groups in the 1970s. While all the tools are mixed with liquidity, Johnson’s guitar often occupies the center of the lead. The “radio” finds that it displays its clean tones and some simple effects on the individual performances that carry the song to its end. The fixed background of the “wheels” gives him room for jam in the middle of the path, and one can imagine this extends indefinitely at a concert. There is a lot of elegant interaction between the band, and those moments became sharpened whenever one listens to the record, assuming that it is not deported to the background (as their music can do if it is not actively participating).

on Sol y sombraRose City Band tries to extend her voice in some different directions. If his colleague at West Coast Band Pacific Paints in Dead Early Mengel colors, Rose City Band apps the painting in the years of Arista. The closing moments of “light seeds” Terrabin Station The lands, then move quickly to the jazz “La Maysa”, which gives the feelings of those who are immoral. One feels that the Rose City Band can devote a full album for its experimental side more if they do not find a great value in their primary voice. List, they find a lot of adjacent tracks that deserve exploration, even if the journey covers some worn land.

Topics here are not necessarily destroying the earth, but they address deeper personal concerns, some of which darker than previous records. On “Sunlight Daze”, Johnson contemplates aging and deaths, as he wonders, “Is it not strange when you are old and gray / and feel the same thing.” In “Walls”, the walls are considered metaphorically and literally, especially the personal cost of being inside looking at the battle of migration (something that causes an emotional ring while driving). These are not easy times for Johnson and a company, but it may be a more honest reflection of our psyche that will be refreshing, even for those who have been mainly seized for good feelings.

In a record full of quality of the largest quality in their catalog, the Rose City Band remembers those actions that think that rural music can be happier than its roots and should not take itself seriously. There is a lot you like in Sol y sombraAnd you will find an audience with those who appreciate musicians who do not kill a good uproar. Unlike most jam teams, fans are required to follow fluctuations and turns until they reach their climax – the moment when everything is called at the same time – these men offer something more moderate in an attempt to remind us that sometimes less. It is a nice background for the dimension of the back in the sun or just baking anywhere for this issue.