Phil Tomlinson
Gorgeous, textured guitar set off by Rosali’s sweeping, soaring voice. The songs are so strong and powerful, deeply emotive and personal but with that timeless quality of the finest singer/songwriters out of the US. Love this record more every listen
Favorite track: Silver Eyes.
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Trouble Anyway LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Philadelphia-based musician Rosali Long Hots, Wandering Shade) wrote the songs for her second album, Trouble Anyway (released July 6), seeking empowerment by sharing openly on love, power, aging, suffering, confusion, self-doubt, and anger. The result is a full-bodied record that is at once sweeping and intimate-- a vulnerable and powerful exploration of emotional narratives. Trouble Anyway showcases Rosali’s background in diverse musical styles from free improv, garage rock, country, and pop, to folk-infused song-craft. Following up her 2016 debut Out of Love (Siltbreeze), named one of the top 100 records of 2016 by Uncut Magazine, Rosali’s sophomore effort is a cohesive collection of lush, intimate rock songs, featuring her warm, natural vocals and powerful riffing and rhythm guitar.
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Rosali’s close friends and A-list musicians Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs), Paul Sukeena (Angel Olsen, Spacin’), Mary Lattimore, Mike Polizze (Purling Hiss), Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn, Black Twig Pickers), Mike Sobel (Oldermost),andGretchen Lohse (Carol Cleveland Sings)and Dan Provenzano (Purling Hiss, Writhing Squares), add a dynamic and energetic live band sound. The resulting record is an evocative and multilayered collection, moving from psych jammer “Rise to Fall,” to the stripped down folk rock of “Silver Eyes,” and propulsive pop-infused tracks like “I Wanna Know” and “Lie to Me.” Recorded at Uniform Recording, Rosali co-produced Trouble Anyway with Jeff Zeigler, who has also engineered records for The War on Drugs, Allison Crutchfield (also of Waxahatchee), and Kurt Vile, among others.
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Trouble Anyway CD
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD Version of 2018's Trouble Anyway / Card Case
Includes unlimited streaming of Trouble Anyway
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Philadelphia-based musician Rosali (Long Hots, Wandering Shade) wrote the songs for her second album, Trouble Anyway, seeking empowerment by sharing openly on love, power, aging, suffering, confusion, self-doubt, and anger. The result is a full-bodied record that is at once sweeping and intimate-- a vulnerable and powerful exploration of emotional narratives. Trouble Anyway showcases Rosali’s background in diverse musical styles from free improv, garage rock, country, and pop, to folk-infused song-craft. Following up her 2016 debut Out of Love (Siltbreeze), named one of the top 100 records of 2016 by Uncut Magazine, Rosali’s sophomore effort is a cohesive collection of lush, intimate rock songs, featuring her warm, natural vocals and powerful riffing and rhythm guitar.
The collective instrumentation from A-list musician friends Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn, Black Twig Pickers), Dan Provenzano (Writhing Squares, Purling Hiss), Mary Lattimore, Paul Sukeena (Angel Olsen, Spacin’), Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs), Mike Polizze (Purling Hiss), Mike Sobel (Oldermost), and Gretchen Lohse (Carol Cleveland Sings)— accentuates Rosali’s singular sound and magnifies its orbit. Trouble Anyway was recorded and mixed by Uniform Recording’s Jeff Zeigler, who has also engineered records for The War on Drugs, Allison Crutchfield (also of Waxahatchee), and Kurt Vile, among others.
I first fell in love with Rosali’s songs for this reason, the way her work takes you straight to that brave and big-hearted dream within songwriting. Every song stands strongly as it’s very own world, well-worn by the history of the underground but accessible as daylight. -Meg Baird, Spring 2018
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released July 6, 2018
All Songs by Rosali Middleman
Recorded / Mixed by Jeff Zeigler
Mastered by James Plotkin
Released by SPINSTER and Scissor Tail
Rosali makes songs that take their time in revealing their full power. What might appear to be restrained, introspective
compositions will stretch slowly outward, snagging your attention with a sideways guitar lead or an exceptionally raw lyric you didn’t catch the first time around. Her softly glowing music is deceptively fluid, able to appear patient and refined at the edge of unraveling....more
supported by 33 fans who also own “Trouble Anyway”
I’m so grateful this crossed my path. This album is so beautiful. All the clear technique and mastery and vision are kinda secondary to the fact that this album brought me calm and joy during one of the most difficult times in my life. Yeah, grateful. David McCullough
Spacious, psych-tinged indie rock from Philly; painting in blurry watercolors (but not without percussive headiness). Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 16, 2016
Nashville’s Passion Fruit Boys nail the effervescent janglepop of ’80s college radio with bright guitars and immediate hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 1, 2022
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As I listen to this album more and more I start discover aspects that I hadn't felt before. My love for every individual track continues to grow, but Change has remained in my heart as a deep drive to get me through the day. seonghi