"there's a hole in my head, in my head, don't let me down..."
Discard all pretense, throw away all expectations and gingerly step into the emotionally hyperopic "Dying Art" by the alt punk art explosive Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses. The song is so many things that describing it may be be a foolish act to even attempt. While the driving force here in terms of song writing is the amazing mind bending Tasche de la Rocha you can tell listening that her and her Psychedelic Roses have a sonic synergy that goes beyond, um, simple musicians being good musician and connecting. It feels to me as if all involved here are one outlandish octopus with many tentacles flailing with seriously mad skills. Not as one finishing each others sentences but more like they all are those sentences, if that makes any sense at all. I fully recognize that it may not as my mind may be too scrambled with excitement and other chemicals as I listen to 'Dying Art' on repeat.
As press notes indicate:
"This song is about the frustration of trying to find connection to another through technology and how isolating it can be. It’s about feeling crazy for wanting support and being let down time and time again. It’s about finding beauty in disappointment..”
As press notes indicate:
"This song is about the frustration of trying to find connection to another through technology and how isolating it can be. It’s about feeling crazy for wanting support and being let down time and time again. It’s about finding beauty in disappointment..”
As you will find out if you don't already know, Tasche has a thoroughly unique voice, like literally but also in terms of the art she seeds and her and her band give birth to. 'Dying Art' in terms of some of it's shapes, sonic temperaments and attitudes made me think of the progressive / experimental side of the Beatles, of Abbey Road in particular but put though an art punk filter (think Pere Ubu, Mission of Burma) and as exquisitely jammy and crazy (good crazy) Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses get here, they equally can feel just as elegant and therein lies their off-kilter brilliance.
Again, I am not really describing 'Dying Art' but hopefully I have enticed you to dip into it. It will likely stun you and that is a wonderful thing. The track is from their recently released self titled album released on New Orleans label Sinking City Records. It was recorded at the Studio In The Country in Bogalusa and Wixmix in New Orleans, and is produced by Tasche de la Rocha and Eric Heigle. Heigle, who also engineered the album, is known for his work with Arcade Fire, Dr. John, 79rs Gang, Soul Rebels, and Lost Bayou Ramblers amongst others.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.instagram.com/tascheandthepsychedelicroses/
https://tascheandthepsychedelicroses.com/
https://www.facebook.com/taschedelarocha
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Im7zcYdMp1snHs6JmrB9M?si=RnqkTi0gSJuGTaSAosUdJQ&nd=1
Forged in the rhythm, joy, and despair of New Orleans, Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses, deploy four part vocal harmonies, grunge guitar riffs, and elements of punk, doo wop, surf, cabaret, and psychedelia, all the while swaying on a thin wire between sweetness and destruction. This unique and powerful sound is evident on their new single, “Hook” (8/26/22) from their upcoming self-titled album due out 10/21/22. Central songwriter Tasche de la Rocha states, “This song is based on a dream about astral projecting to a feminist dimension full of departed women laughing and dancing in black. It is about escaping this misogynistic world and becoming music without a body. It’s about being totally free. It’s a feminist song about how powerful women really are and there being no intention of pleasing the male eye.”
The self-titled album will be released on New Orleans label Sinking City Records. It was recorded at the Studio In The Country in Bogalusa and Wixmix in New Orleans, and is produced by Tasche de la Rocha and Eric Heigle. Heigle, who also engineered the album, is known for his work with Arcade Fire, Dr. John, 79rs Gang, Soul Rebels, and Lost Bayou Ramblers amongst others.
Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses self titled album is about a life of unapologetic transformation. It is about coming into your own power and learning to say goodbye to the things that damage you. It encapsulates life’s ups and downs. A hellish rollercoaster at times, and other times a beautiful dream. It is a feminist album that beleives women and opens a window to the opposite side of a man’s world. It tells the tale of a woman becoming her own person despite everything that slays her day after day. It's about following your golden path no matter how painful it is. It enters her mind and tells her story, the hard blows and rising from the ashes time and time again. It’s about keeping faith in the dark. It’s gutted feelings that we are afraid to feel. It dabbles in trauma but pokes fun at it and evolves into something much stronger than before. It’s a triumph that battles our demons in a blaze of fire.
Throughout the 10 tracks on their self-titled album, band leader and producer, Tasche de la Rocha guides the Psychedelic Roses as they build, burn, and rise again. She is equally at home with the Angels (as her three backup singers are known) coming together in close harmony as she is shredding over waves of distortion as one of three guitarists in the group.
De la Rocha began her music career as a teen busking solo on the streets of New Orleans, and quickly found recognition for her singular voice and guitar sound, even being invited to play solo house concerts for Laurie Anderson and Jennifer Coolidge. On her acclaimed solo debut album, 2016’s Gold Rose, Tasche collaborated with Joseph Faison, out of which grew the full 8-piece band Psychedelic Roses.
Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses rock with a wild abandon and channel a feminist alchemy. It’s a soundtrack for the moment - make out sessions, quiet contemplation, and fighting the demons around us.
https://www.instagram.com/tascheandthepsychedelicroses/
https://tascheandthepsychedelicroses.com/
https://www.facebook.com/taschedelarocha
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Im7zcYdMp1snHs6JmrB9M?si=RnqkTi0gSJuGTaSAosUdJQ&nd=1
Forged in the rhythm, joy, and despair of New Orleans, Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses, deploy four part vocal harmonies, grunge guitar riffs, and elements of punk, doo wop, surf, cabaret, and psychedelia, all the while swaying on a thin wire between sweetness and destruction. This unique and powerful sound is evident on their new single, “Hook” (8/26/22) from their upcoming self-titled album due out 10/21/22. Central songwriter Tasche de la Rocha states, “This song is based on a dream about astral projecting to a feminist dimension full of departed women laughing and dancing in black. It is about escaping this misogynistic world and becoming music without a body. It’s about being totally free. It’s a feminist song about how powerful women really are and there being no intention of pleasing the male eye.”
The self-titled album will be released on New Orleans label Sinking City Records. It was recorded at the Studio In The Country in Bogalusa and Wixmix in New Orleans, and is produced by Tasche de la Rocha and Eric Heigle. Heigle, who also engineered the album, is known for his work with Arcade Fire, Dr. John, 79rs Gang, Soul Rebels, and Lost Bayou Ramblers amongst others.
Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses self titled album is about a life of unapologetic transformation. It is about coming into your own power and learning to say goodbye to the things that damage you. It encapsulates life’s ups and downs. A hellish rollercoaster at times, and other times a beautiful dream. It is a feminist album that beleives women and opens a window to the opposite side of a man’s world. It tells the tale of a woman becoming her own person despite everything that slays her day after day. It's about following your golden path no matter how painful it is. It enters her mind and tells her story, the hard blows and rising from the ashes time and time again. It’s about keeping faith in the dark. It’s gutted feelings that we are afraid to feel. It dabbles in trauma but pokes fun at it and evolves into something much stronger than before. It’s a triumph that battles our demons in a blaze of fire.
Throughout the 10 tracks on their self-titled album, band leader and producer, Tasche de la Rocha guides the Psychedelic Roses as they build, burn, and rise again. She is equally at home with the Angels (as her three backup singers are known) coming together in close harmony as she is shredding over waves of distortion as one of three guitarists in the group.
De la Rocha began her music career as a teen busking solo on the streets of New Orleans, and quickly found recognition for her singular voice and guitar sound, even being invited to play solo house concerts for Laurie Anderson and Jennifer Coolidge. On her acclaimed solo debut album, 2016’s Gold Rose, Tasche collaborated with Joseph Faison, out of which grew the full 8-piece band Psychedelic Roses.
Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses rock with a wild abandon and channel a feminist alchemy. It’s a soundtrack for the moment - make out sessions, quiet contemplation, and fighting the demons around us.
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