After spending two years living on opposite coasts and pursuing their own creative projects, Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp returned last spring to set to work on the sixth full-length album from the Rosebuds. Joining up with Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon (a friend and former bandmate who, in a 2011 interview, noted that the Rosebuds make “some of the most important music in the world”), the North Carolina-bred duo spent a week in Vernon’s studio teasing out a batch of songs that effortlessly weave the hooky songcraft of classic jangle-pop, the cagey romanticism of new wave, and a refined yet full-hearted sensibility all their own. Featuring Vernon on guitar and synths - as well as Bon Iver drummer Matt McCaughan and Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn on bass, both longtime pals and cohorts of the Rosebuds - the resulting Sand + Silence radiates both a graceful intensity and the loose, joyful energy that comes from making music with friends.
TRACK LISTING
01 In My Teeth 4:27
02 Sand + Silence 5:13
03 Give Me A Reason 4:03
04 Blue Eyes 2:48
05 Mine Mine 3:27
06 Wait A Minute 3:48
07 Esse Quam Videri 3;44
08 Death Of An Old Bike 3:31
09 Looking For 3:08
10 Walking 1:56
11 Tiny Bones 4:12