Slow burn (Rose City Band) (LP 3660 - 3661)

Rose City Band   Summerlong  (Vinyl, Thrill Jockey Records, 2020) ****  

Rose City Band  Garden Party  (Vinyl, Thrill Jockey Records, 2023) *****  

Genre: Country rock

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Mariposa (Garden Party)

Gear costume: Garden Song, Chasing Rainbows (Garden Party)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6

Active compensatory factors: I came across a review of Summerlong in Mojo Magazine and it sounded like it would be an album for me. Pretty sure the review would have said something about how they provide Grateful Dead style cosmic country tunes via loping beats featuring mandolins, pedal steel and rippling guitar lines. Yeah baby!

In reality, Rose City Band revolves around main character, Ripley Johnson. These are his songs and he plays a lot of the music. The songs all seem to be about hazy sunny afternoons in natural surroundings. Yes, that sounds pretty perfect, right?

Where do they all belong? There are a couple of other Rose City Bands' records out there to collect. Their debut sounds like a tentative start, but Earth Trip and Sol y Sombra sound worthy of pursuit.