To see you through to warmer weather (and indeed, provide the perfect soundtrack for your summer hangs), Rose City Band has a new album on the way. Garden Party will be out April 21st, with the glow-in-the-dark vinyl version available to preorder now, featuring gorgeous artwork by Andrew McGranahan.
Ahead of the album release, you can also listen to radiant first single "Chasing Rainbows" now.
On top of all that, you can also catch Rose City Band on the road this spring and summer, with the first legs of their U.S., U.K. and Europe tours announced this week. Full list of dates here.
Garden Party finds Ripley’s Johnson’s self-proclaimed “porch music” expanding, with the proverbial porch opened up from a solo project to encompass a full band of friends from the Portland scene. Having formed the band of pedal steel guitarist Barry Walker, keyboardist Paul Hasenberg, bassist Dewey Mahood (aka Plankton Wat) and drummer Dustin Dybvig to play on the road, Garden Party captures the inspiration playing live again had on Johnson. Mixed by John McEntire, the album features guest appearances by Moon Duo bandmates John Jeffrey on drums and Sanae Yamada on synths, as well as Rose City Band live performers Hasenberg on keyboards and Walker on pedal steel. With the musicians in his life in mind, Ripley’s porch has opened up for each player to step into.