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Raleigh's The Rosebuds are set to release their fourth LP entitled Life Like on Merge Records on October 7th. Returning to a more acoustic sound and straying from the electro-glam leanings of 2007's Night Of The Furies, Life Like also enlists the help some notable musicians: Bon Iver, Portastatic's Mac McCaughan, and Ashley Stove's Jim Brantley all contribute. Husband/Wife team Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp once again share the vocal duties on the album and the juxtaposition of their voices works beautifully. Laid over driving drums and a murky bassline, the opener and title track features Howard's brooding voice nuanced by Crisp's distant and ethereal background vocals. Other highlights include "Cape Fear," a tale about a killer catfish sung by Crisp, the atmospheric "Border Guards," and the jangly closer "In The Backyard," which muses on Ouija boards and the afterlife. While Life Like is full of production touches including heavy reverb and layered keyboards, the songs still manage to sound consistently organic. Covering genres from folk to shoegaze to dreamy pop, Life Like successfully combines a variety of styles and moods. It's somehow dark yet poppy. It's gorgeous yet foreboding. Most of all, it's just really good. -- Capt. Obvious
10.02.2008
The Rosebuds: Life Like (2008)
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