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Format:
MP3, 192 kbps
Length: 18:48
Tracks: 4
Rose Tattoo EP $3.91
by
Alec Gross
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2. | Listen to Lady Roses by Alec Gross | 137 | plays | 3:25 | $0.72 | 2 | |||
3. | Listen to Can't Seem To Sleep by Alec Gross | 96 | plays | 4:32 | $0.71 | 2 | |||
4. | Listen to Carver's Spring Massacre by Alec Gross |
| 97 | plays | 4:48 | $0.71 | 2 | ||
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About Rose Tattoo EP
www.alecgross.com - www.myspace.com/alecgrossThe "Rose Tattoo EP" was recorded at Threshold Music Studios in NYC during 2008. Featuring 5 songs written by Alec Gross and produced by Sheldon Steiger and James Walsh of MajorWho Media, the album utilizes traditional song forms and structures expressed through a modern arrangement. The songs deal in madness, love, violence, passion and hope.
To give you a better idea of the record, here's a excerpt from an early review of Rose Tattoo published by Sitcom Serf (www.sitcomserf.blogspot.com):
Rose Tattoo has been on my playlist non-stop for a fortnight. Alec is one of the most beautiful singers I have heard in a long time, with a distinct tone, and the innocence that he can convey through his songwriting makes him my favorite folk singer performing right now. If any of you out there miss Tim Buckley as much as I do, please listen to "Lady Roses" below and tell me that it couldn't be straight off TB's first record! He can do the civil war ballad, he can do the love song. Where is the love song right now? Where did it go? Sometimes the classic unrequited love song is so refreshing next to the indie rock version in which the lovers cut each others legs.
It's the tale of the troubadour who looks longingly upon the women in his audience, inspired by him, wishing the one he loves could share their adoration versus the tale of a lover who, rather than pining after a woman, finds a companion in rejection to hate-fuck for revenge. The latter doesn't evoke the same reverence for the creative beauty of loss. Different audiences, I suppose.
When I need to indulge my Folk / Blugrass itch, I generally have to go to bands like Crooked Still, who do it as well as anyone. With Alec we get all of the pure sensibility and the tradition of the genre, but with songs that aren't from the public domain! "Carver Spring Massacre" reminds me of cruising in my old truck with only one folk tape in the dash - some Irish singer I've never heard of - but the song creeps inside as though it's been in the air for a century. It's very impressive. I can already tell that "Rose Tattoo" will be on my best of 2009.
15 RECs for this Album
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nrp211 Rec'd this on Mar 31, 2009:
Street Cred: 8
Rec's: 1
“Great song, super catchy. Reminds me of something you would hear at the end of a romantic comedy when the couple finally gets together.”
mclifherd Rec'd this on Feb 26, 2009:
Street Cred: 98
Rec's: 1
“Nice pleasant little ditty, with a country touch but still rock”
way opens Rec'd this on Feb 23, 2009:
Street Cred: 6922
Rec's: 444
“poetic lyrics + clean, gentle production allow this songsmith's voice to penetrate your ear's heart. excellent!”
grosin Rec'd this on May 1, 2009:
Street Cred: 4
Rec's: 1
“A very warm, laid-back, alt-country ballad.”
YukaraAnui Rec'd this on Feb 22, 2009:
Street Cred: 76
Rec's: 9
“All the pretty women should be as beatiful as this song, voice, guitars, everything about this EP is special, strongly reccommended for those who like this genre.”
way opens Rec'd this on Feb 23, 2009:
Street Cred: 6922
Rec's: 444
“lyrically, poignant timing. wonderfully performed and produced (love the horns and vocal harmonies). this is one to get stuck in your head... especially at 3am.”
everydayshea Rec'd this on Apr 9, 2009:
Street Cred: 45
Rec's: 12
“Such a beautiful song, like a les tinny Jose Gonzalez, Alec Gross has a very smooth, steady and stylish way with all of his songs. This one in particular deserves complete attention when listening to it. Truly fantastic!”
