Ambrosia is the latest offering from Rosie, and follows on quickly from their acclaimed second album, Never Not Never Not Never Not, stand-alone single or the first taste of something bigger, well we’re not really sure, yet any chance to hear from the Los Angeles-based songwriter is always worth celebrating.
Rosie’s Ambrosia is apparently a, couldn’t be created anywhere but America, sounding take on a fruit salad, which seems to include more whipped cream and marshmallows than fruit, and can apparently sometimes have mayonnaise in it for reasons we can’t really fathom. Anyway asides from the food references, Ambrosia is also a remarkable piece of songwriting, a track that seems to slip quickly from gentle reflections to emotive howls, as if the rapidly moving thoughts all become too much and need a moment of visceral release, “nothing is different just ’cause you wish that it is“. The rapidly moving themes touch on love, loss, and a certain fear at the passing of time itself, “the end is closer every second than it’s ever been, right now and now and now, I want you more with every second than I ever did”. With a slew of American dates on the horizon, this feels like the end of a break-out year for Rosie Tucker and simultaneously a sign of even better things to come.
Guitars: Wolfy, Anna Arboles, & Rosie Drums: Jessica Reed Bass, vox, song, add’l production, percussion: Rosie
Ambrosia is out now via New Professor Music.
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