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Led by acclaimed guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson, Rose City Band are some of the best players in contemporary rock: pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg, bassist Dewey Mahood (aka Plankton Wat), drummer Dustin Dybvig, and features Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo on Synthesizer. \u003ci\u003eGarden Party\u003c\/i\u003e is both a celebration of summer and all it brings: friends gathering at backyard BBQs, cold beers on a hot porch, 12-foot sunflowers, and an exaltation of the value and respite of a moment of calm; the pleasures of time in the garden to appreciate the beauty of a contorted carrot, or a morning on a stoop watching a hummingbird. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreedom, contentment, and joy were the sources for the songs; they certainly bring the listener right there. From the soaring guitar solos to the driving rhythms, the elegant pedal steel lines to the organ grooves, \u003ci\u003eGarden Party\u003c\/i\u003e has a live band’s energy captured in exquisite detail. \u003ci\u003eGarden Party\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation, a welcoming hand extended, and a joyous ride. Like all great music, the album taps into the listeners' emotional center and takes them to their happy place – their sunny spot. Recorded at Center for Sound, Light, and Color Therapy in Portland and mixed by John McEntire, the band’s sounds surround and embrace you. \u003ci\u003eGarden Party’s\u003c\/i\u003e last two tracks feature special guest Sanae Yamada (Moon Duo) who added some synth magic to the final two tracks. 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Originally conceived as an anonymous, lighthearted studio project in-between touring with his bands Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, it has since grown into an outlet for Johnson’s finest songwriting. Stepping out from behind the psychedelic haze that envelops his other output, Rose City Band’s lean yet richly textured arrangements lay bare the beauty of his songcraft. On Earth Trip, Johnson reveals more of himself than ever before, coloring the project’s country-rock twang with a melancholic, wistful undertone. It charts a journey of personal growth and introspection with surprising honesty, from pining for summers spent with friends to meditations on space, stillness and the splendor of the natural world. 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Sort of a back porch jam just as the shrooms are starting to kick in. Handmade and human, but also cosmic and transcendental. The goal is to let the music speak for itself and hopefully find a weird and wonderful audience somewhere out there.” That description feels right for an album which seems perfect for those soft ephemeral moments, and that softly wraps you in the feeling of walking at twilight. Mellow but upbeat the album it’s easy to imagine the leaves changing colours. It’s psych rock, and difficult to describe without getting poetic; dreamy and insular, it’s easy to get lost in this album. Produced and recorded by Ripley Johnson (Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips), and mixed by Chris Cohen (Captured Tracks, Deerhoof), the album finds its niche in the hazy sonic landscape of private press country and psych records, and alongside artists like Relatively Clean Rivers, Jim Sullivan, Kenny Knight , and countless other explorers of the pastoral underground. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50478969323851,"sku":"1081166","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50478969061707,"sku":"1081165","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/30cfc435-1b74-4306-82d4-22135cce0293_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727496412"},{"product_id":"summerlong","title":"Summerlong","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to talk about modern psychedelic music without mentioning Ripley Johnson. 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