Josh Rouse’s last album was a critically acclaimed salute to the lite-rock of his birth year (1972). If you weren’t turned off by its rampant mellowness, you’ll dig the singer/songwriter’s follow-up Nashville. “It’s exactly the same,” Rouse told Rolling Stone last month. “Why would we change anything?”
The new album is already garnering comparisons to Americana classics like Neil Young’s Harvest Moon and Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline, but this jangly first single sounds undeniably like the Smiths.
Wanna hear more? Nashville drops stateside 2/22.
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tis very good from what i’ve heard so far.
You hear the Smiths? I hear Fleetwood Mac straight offa Tango In The Night.
Josh Rouse makes me swoon.
Man, with a couple of exceptions, I couldn’t stand 1972. I long for more stuff like Home and Dressed Up Like Nebraska. Hopefully Nashville gets back on track.
I loved 1972. I thought “Comeback” had the best bass line I’ve heard in a long time, and “1972,” “James,” and “Sunshine” were all songs I just could not get out of my head – in a really good way.
I really dig this track – can’t wait to get the disc.
I think EJ scooped you. That is do HOTT!
http://scenestars.net/2005/01/josh-rouse-streetlights.php
it honestly doesn’t remind me of 1972 much at all, which, while i grew to enjoy 1972, i prefer Home, Nebraska, & Under Cold Blue Stars more.
Nasvhille is really good, it should be pretty readily available on your local P2P program i’d imagine.
it’s a lot more mellow/lowkey than his previous stuff, but i dig it a lot. fave songs so far is prolly Carolina.
Josh is really great live, does some great covers, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, etc.
am i the only one who thought this sounded like jason mraz trying to be bob dylan with fleetwood mac as the backing band?
agreed on the illness of 1972. one of the better, consistantly enjoyable records I’d heard in a long time. “James” is a renewable joy. big ups to Josh. looking forward to the new disc.
Really psyched for this record. I think what I enjoy the most is Rouse’s ability to select a different thematic backdrop for each album, then record 10-12 songs that illuminate this backdrop, without things ever sounding repetitive.