Last Tuesday saw a trip to Camden’s Black Heart to catch Nashville’s newest export, Caitlin Rose. At only 22 she’s doing some truly incredible things. Her debut EP ‘Dead Flowers’ came out not-so-long-ago through Names Records (who can do literally no wrong – see also Alela Diane, She Keeps Bees… and everything else they’ve put out). It’s a gorgeous EP, a really great mix of vintage sounds and some occasionally more modern subject matter. AND it’s got a biog on the back of the vinyl. Why doesn’t anyone do that anymore? Love it. Anyway, the show was stunning, and all the more so because she was joined by her bassist Jordan Caress (playing guitar for this show). Her voice is so well matched next to Caitlin, perfect. You really can’t fault Caitlin’s voice or songwriting – I’m admittedly not a huge fan of most of that Nashville country sound (cue beatdown), but she totally makes it her own. Miss Rose also swears quite a lot between songs, was on both beer and wine during her set, and seems to be quite a vocal fan of smoking. Collectively this makes her pretty much ‘the most awesome girl in the world’ in my book. Here’s one of my favourite songs of the night, Docket…
- Chris