Author: Josh Rouse

Brand: WACR2

Format: CD

PartNumber: 1659064

Release Date: 17-03-2008

Details: Amazon.ca No, Josh Rouse hasn't gone country. Despite the steel guitar of studio veteran Al Perkins snaking through four of these cuts, Rouse's music retains the pop bounce and sunny romanticism (tempered with heart-on-sleeve vulnerability) that make John Mayer sound like Jon Spencer by comparison. Recorded as a fond farewell to Nashville--the city where the Nebraska native has lived for the past decade--the album could serve as a sequel to Rouse's previous release, 1972. With the Bowiesque phrasing of "Middle School Frown" and "Sad Eyes," the plaintive, Neil Young-style harmonica of "My Love Has Gone," and the soulful reverie of "Saturday," Rouse runs the gamut of retro influences from what his music celebrates as a more innocent era. He's even divided the CD into a (poppier) side A and a (moodier) side B, where the propulsive insistence of "Why Won't You Tell Me" provides a change of pace from the laid-back intimacy that prevails. Throughout the album, the stripped-down, largely acoustic arrangements behind Rouse's wispy voice add to the sing-song charm. --Don McLeese

UPC: 014431067921

EAN: 0014431067921

Model: 1977210

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood