Mad Canine is the debut full-length from Louisville singer-songwriter Grace Rogers, launched at this time on Sophomore Lounge, the label Rogers’ fellow ascendant Kentucky roots-rocker Ryan Davis has been operating for years. It’s actual good, people.
The Bandcamp bio explains that Rogers has a pedigree; her nice grandfather Charlie Rogers performed guitar within the Melancholy-era bluegrass band the Kentucky String Ticklers approach again within the Nice Melancholy, and she or he herself has spent the previous decade taking part in conventional music. Right here, she “goes electrical” so to talk, branching out into many varieties of people, rock, and folk-rock sounds.
Backed by bandmates Ian Gordon, Chris Cupp, and Fiona Palensky, Rogers bends her conventional roots towards swinging indie-pop with lyrics like “I wished to be that style of man on Instagram” (“Tranquility”); glimmering “Bizarre Fishes”-esque guitar tapestries carrying “bitterness, frustration” of their present (“Mad Canine”); and acoustic balladry that jogs my memory of Frances Quinlan channeling Grandaddy, singing a few banjo participant who “performed secular songs higher than a person” (“Peachie”), amongst different excursions.
The shredding that closes out “Downstream” alone is worthy of your ears, however there’s a lot extra lyrical and instrumental prowess to behold right here. Rogers has the sort of expertise and irrepressible character that makes a singer-songwriter stand out in a crowded area. Stream Mad Canine beneath.
Mad Canine is out now through Sophomore Lounge. Buy it right here.