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Home is the second album by Josh Rouse, a singer-songwriter who, by his own cheerful admission, grew up in Nebraska listening to the Cure and the Smiths. Inevitably, and rather pleasingly, the music Rouse makes is evocative of both the empty spaces he was raised in and the paranoid claustrophobia of the records he loved. Though Rouse's preferred template is the standard alt-country song structure, he is separated from his peers by a fondness for odd, twitching guitars and wilfully lo-fi keyboard washes. He also has a knack for the insidious melody that occasionally recalls the early work of Aztec Camera, whic
Amazon.co.uk Review
Home is the second album by Josh Rouse, a singer-songwriter who, by his own cheerful admission, grew up in Nebraska listening to the Cure and the Smiths. Inevitably, and rather pleasingly, the music Rouse makes is evocative of both the empty spaces he was raised in and the paranoid claustrophobia of the records he loved. Though Rouse's preferred template is the standard alt-country song structure, he is separated from his peers by a fondness for odd, twitching guitars and wilfully lo-fi keyboard washes. He also has a knack for the insidious melody that occasionally recalls the early work of Aztec Camera, which is no bad thing. --Andrew Mueller
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Nebraska-born Josh Rouse calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. And now, after writing songs for the follow-up to his intimate 1998 debut (Dressed Up Like Nebraska) from the confines of his living-room couch, the twentysomething singer-songwriter decided "Home" would be a fitting title here. Backed by a cache of cello, violin, horns, vibes, and Wurlitzer, Home delivers a newfangled punch without jumbling the simplicity and gentleness that was the first record's charm. Rouse's sentiments, emotions, and melancholy drift more on the folk or country side of songwriting. But his pleasant, whispery vocals and hook-filled melodies--especially on "Hey Porcupine," "Afraid to Fail," and "Marvin Gaye"--convey more of a pop spirit. --Scott Holter
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Manufacturer: Slow River
Release date: 1 April 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0635981004527 UPC: 635981004527
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