Rosey Dust

Rosey Dust

Keep For Life

Gulcher

Perpetually flowing between meticulous melodies of dream pop and casual excesses of slacker rock, Rosey Dust is the brainchild of songwriter Kevin Klausen. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Klausen first made a name for himself in the Bay Area as leader of the industrious freak-punk band, Dealer. Discontented within the confines prescribed by heavy music, he began exploring a back catalogue of neglected material. Gentler in spirit, dynamically complex, and lyrically vulnerable, this new work consumed him. He demoed the songs on a 4-track within a few short months, and the warm reception received by the resulting cassette--aptly titled Basement Demos--inspired him to form a band. This first live version of Rosey Dust--featuring Kyle LaFave on second guitar, Josh Van Geem on bass, and Jacob Bradford on drums--would go on to play a handful of shows up and down the coast before embarking upon Rosey Dust's debut studio effort, Keep For Life, in the summer of 2018.Engineered and guided along by legendary rocker Tim Green, Keep For Life is Basement Demos expanded. Consisting mostly of the same songs, it is the unique styles of the conscripted players that make this album something different--LaFave's atmospheric, intentional guitar playing, grazing against Klausen's own more aggressive approach, both effortlessly coalesce with Van Geem's spirited, jazzy inflections, fortified by Bradford's competent drumming to paint a shimmering, new sonic landscape. "She's The One" kicks off like a chill summer jam straight out of Kurt Vile's playbook, if only J. Mascis were ripping solos. There's...