Just wanted to give a heads up to the Hey Rosetta fans out there. About a year ago HR started playing a tune called Red Song and a great video for the track surfaced on Youtube. This song seemed to get some attention on the web, and rightfully so, and the band knew they had to record the track. This led to them releasing a three-track EP called the The Red Songs EP which according to ITunes was released this year. I just found out about it, and as one of my favorites live and recorded bands, I was extremely excited. At $2.88, the price of a caramel machiato, this is a must get. Three great tracks, as to be expected from a band which spews greatness. Red Song is a little bit of a move away from the crescendo-driven songs of normal and it highlights the songwriting and vocal talents of frontman Tim Baker. The other two songs follow the previously-seen but always refreshing Hey Rosetta formula: starting with the aforementioned talents of the lead singer on either piano or guitar, and slowly adding the guitar, drums and orchestral instruments to build to the climax of the tune. The formula usually gives me what I search for in a song and it has yet to wear on me.
You can also find a Hey Rosetta tune on the CBC Radio 2 Songquest CD where they made a song about Gros Morne Provincial Park in Nfld. Some great lyrics in this tune called Old Crow Black Night Stand Still, including the lines "There's another world. Better than this one. And that's where I'm trying to live. But I get dragged down". Heard him talk about his inspiration for the track, the national park, and he said how much he thought about how un-touched by man the park was and how it was like going in a time machine to another world. Can really see this in the lyrics with his idea of being dragged back to a world full of crazy human inventions, not seen in the park. Here is the Red Song video below.
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