The Rose Society

California songstress Angelica Rockne releases her second album The Rose Society. Rockne came to Loose’s attention with her startling debut Queen Of San Antonio. Released back in 2017 the album led to LA Weekly heralding her as Best Country Singer of 2019. Closer to home Rockne has already come to the attention of Uncut Magazine who made her debut album one of their Americana Albums of The Month.Now sitting amongst the fruit orchards of Corralitos, California, Angelica Rockne reflects on the recent past. Her album The Rose Society has been in a process of distillation for five years now. “It sounds like a lifetime,” she remarks, “but really it’s been equally ephemeral as it has been eternal.” Going through some of life’s greatest rites of passage and the accompanying gravity of their transformations will do that to you. The album was self-produced, with Oz Fritz at the helm, Rockne called upon longtime collaborators Jason Cirimele on guitar and bass, Cody Rhodes on drums and percussion, and a new friend, Patrick McGee, on piano and organ. The Rose Society sees Rockne freeing herself from the confines of cosmic country. The arrangements are wholeheartedly devoted to the song. Her voice is striking in its willingness to be exposed, naked, yet there is a strength that comes through that almost feels learned, like how we learn to navigate chaos. Nevertheless, what is underlying and constant throughout is an exquisite tenderness.