MP3: Grande Roses - The astronaut
Two Grande Roses EPs in a single year? Amazing! Even more amazing, the band shows palpable growth between last year's "The farm" and their latest, "Say it to my fervent heart". A little darker around the edges, a little less overt twang... a little more "mature." I use quotes because the band has always had a bit of gravity to them, especially on songs like "Factory", but their approach was a bit more frantic and loose in the past. Now they're dialing down the tempos a bit further and chucking a few more shovel-loads of dirt onto their supposed punker past. A few more steps in that direction and I might start to tune out, but they've got a good balance going for the time being so I see no reason to withdraw my support. Especially if they keep on doing EPs; keeping things short-and-sweet suits them well, as it so often tends to do. 5 songs in 15 minutes is just about perfect.
Grande Roses - The astronaut