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Pressing Concerns: Mope Grooves, ‘Box of Dark Roses’

Release date: October 25thRecord label: 12XU/Night SchoolGenre: Lo-fi pop, art pop, post-punk, experimental punk, tweeFormats: Vinyl, digital I don’t really want to talk about this record. There’s too much to say about it, and also nothing to say about it. Box of Dark Roses is the fifth and final album from Mope Grooves, a Portland,Continue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mope Grooves, ‘Box of Dark Roses’”

Pressing Concerns: John Sharkey III, ‘Shoot Out the Speed Cameras’

Release date: March 5thRecord label: 12XU/MistletoneGenre: Gothic country folkFormats: Vinyl, digitalPull track: I Found Everyone This Way Apparently it’s John Sharkey III Week at Rosy Overdrive—one of his bands, Dark Blue, was featured on a playlist post that went up Monday, and now I’m getting around to talking about Shoot Out the Cameras, the firstContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: John Sharkey III, ‘Shoot Out the Speed Cameras’”