#Street lights josh rouse full#

#Street lights josh rouse full#

This is the year's first great summer album, a categorization recognizable to anyone who experiences the full swings of the seasons. And now, Josh Rouse and his producer Brad Jones, have channeled the seventies' AM dial and the SoCal sound for their new release, Nashville. The SoCal sound has reemerged recently, thanks in part to Wilco's landmark Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, whose Jesus, etc could have easily been an outtake from Hotel California. Practitioners included the radio friendly Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne as well as the infinitely more interesting Randy Newman and Warren Zevon. This was characterized by breezy, driving with the top down, sun-drenched songs, with a sound open as the western frontier. One genre that dominated the dial was Southern Californian Rock. The AM stations played hits by Abba, the Bee Gees and Elton John, but also extended pieces like Harry Chapin's Taxi and Don McClean's American Pie. For me, this span ran from 1971-1979, and so I cut my teeth on a catalog alternately cheesy and adventurous. I refer to the formative period that runs from age 4, when you first become aware of music, to about age 12, where the age of musical obsession and discerning choices begins (for those so inclined). And in 2019 he tackled the Christmas album on The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse but instead of well-worn carols or classics, he wrote an entire record of original holiday themed pop songs.I grew up on AM radio in the seventies. The Embers of Time, was one of his strongest-self-described as вЂњmy surreal, ex-pat, therapy record.вЂќ He followed that up with Love In the Modern Age, which took its musical inspiration from the thinking manвЂ™s pop of the eighties: The Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout and the Style Council. In 2014, he won a Goya Award (the Spanish equivalent of an Oscar) for best song for 'Do You Really Want To Be In Love,' from the film 'La Gran Familia EspaГ±ola.' On El Turista (2010) he even experimented with writing and singing some songs in Spanish. Subtitulo (2006) contained the international indie folk hit 'Quiet Town'. The follow up, Nashville (2005) continued the hot streak and expanded his audience further.ДЄfter relocating to Valencia, Spain with his wife Paz, Rouse has released a steady stream of high quality songs and albums. Noting that heвЂ™d earned a reputation for melancholy, he says, with a laugh, вЂњI figured this is my career, I might as well try to enjoy it.вЂќ While the Seventies are often identified with singer-songwriters, Rouse was primarily attracted to the warmer sound of albums back then, as well as the more communal feel of the soul music of that time.

But at the end of the day, no matter how eclectic I try to make it, itвЂ™s my voice and melodic sensibility that tie things together.вЂќДЇor his breakthrough album, 1972 (2003), which happens to be the year he was born, Rouse decided to cheer up a bit.

вЂњI always became fascinated by a different style of music. вЂњEvery time IвЂ™ve made a record, IвЂ™ve tried to make it different from the last one,вЂќ says Rouse. The followup- Home (2000)-yielded the song вЂњDirectionsвЂќ which Cameron Crowe used in his film Vanilla Sky. The albumвЂ™s acclaim led to tours with Aimee Mann, Mark Etzel and the late Vic Chestnut. Josh Rouse was born in Nebraska, and following an itinerant upbringing he eventually landed in Nashville where he recorded his debut Dressed Like Nebraska (1998). They resolve without seeming overly tidy or pat. The verses draw you in with telling detail, both musical and thematic, and the choruses lift and deliver. Without pandering, they seek to satisfy both your ear and your understanding. They are clear-eyed, empathetic and penetrating. His songs present themselves to you with an open heart, an innate intelligence and an absolute lack of pretension. You donвЂ™t have to work hard to enjoy RouseвЂ™s music. вЂњLike a baseball player who quietly hits 30 home runs every year or a golfer who regularly finishes in the Top Ten, Josh Rouse 's continued streak of excellence is easy to ignore and maybe even downplay a littleвЂќ - Tim Sendra,