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Josh rouse movin on lyrics1/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robyn’s cathedral surely has its share of stained glass as well, for the sun shines through in colorful shafts on songs like “Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl,” “Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus,” and the Freudian barbershop quartet “Uncorrected Personality Traits.” There’s so much to chew on here. “Trams of Old London” is a song of remembrance, moving as if in a dream, through a time and place long altered. “Cathedral,” in particular, reveals the contemplative voice of an artist whose work still defies easy labeling. Mist and shadows move throughout, each song, rendered in a sort of half light. The album stands in contrast to the more barrel-chested outings of the era. Gestural and stark, it revels in the uncluttered interplay of a few elements-primarily voice, guitar, and piano, all played by Robyn himself. But it was Trains, as Robyn himself might abbreviate it, that first hooked me. By this time, he had led the chiming Soft Boys, recorded two solo albums, and was becoming a curious fixture in the late adventurous hours of MTV programming. In 1984, England’s Robyn Hitchcock released I Often Dream Of Trains. Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track Grant-Lee Phillips Robyn Hitchcock, I Often Dream Of Trains With that in mind, and in honor of the label’s upcoming 20th Anniversary Shows, we decided to ask the artists on Yep Roc’s roster to tell us their favorite release from the label’s deep catalogue. The throughline over the course of Yep Roc’s entire existence has been an emphasis on artistry: it’s a label where commitment to craft comes first, whether it’s the nuanced songwriting of Josh Rouse or the scuzzbucket blues of Jon Spencer’s Heavy Trash. The label’s catalogue has grown to include reissues of classic Nick Lowe records, the final album from Australian post-punk legends The Go-Betweens, riotous country-punkers The Sadies, and solo outings from icons like Bob Mould, Paul Weller, and John Doe. Early albums by The Comas and Caitlin Cary showcased the label’s two dominant poles-idiosyncratic indie rock and rustic, gritty Americana-but other early signings, like the celestial surf of Los Straitjackets and the rambunctious punk of The Fleshtones indicated an idiosyncratic bent that would stick with the label over their two-decade existence. For 20 years now, North Carolina label Yep Roc has been issuing records that put an equal premium on sharp, incisive lyrics and effortlessly melodic, guitar-forward songwriting. ![]()
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