I can't tell you much about Caroline Rose for the simple reason that, approx. five and a half minutes before deciding to write this post, I'd never heard of them.
The five and a half minutes is crucial, because that's how long it took me to listen to new single, Yip Yip Yow, think "wow!" then listen to it again.
Though when I say new single, I should also say old song, as it was written over ten years ago. Exhibit A: Caroline's performance of Yip Yip Yow as the support act for Violent Femmes at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York in October 2016.
Going back to August 2015, Yip Yip Yow was the opener of a 3-song Tiny Desk Concert.
So why so long between writing, recording and releasing Yip Yip Yow? Over to Caroline Rose:
"I wrote Yip Yip Yow 10 years ago
about feeling like I was born in the wrong time,
in the wrong place
and probably in the wrong body.
10 years later
the only thing that is different is
I finally have a recording of it I like."
After Jon Spencer's bluesy, scuzzy rock on Wednesday, it feels a natural step into Caroline's brand of countrified rockabilly, fizzing with energy and full of fun.
Yip Yip Yow is available from all the usual suspects. Personally, I'll be taking the long route through their six albums and one-off singles to date.
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