ARTiST: Midlake
TiTLE: Roscoe (Remixes)
LABEL: Bella Union
GENRE: Alternative
TiME: 38:08 min
SiZE: 50,8 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-12-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-2007
WEBSiTE: www.midlake.net
Track List:
01. Roscoe (Album Version) 04:49
02. Roscoe (Jody Den Broeder Remix) 07:39
03. Roscoe (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Remix) 06:55
04. Roscoe (Justin Robertson Remix) 06:52
05. Roscoe (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix) 05:56
06. Roscoe (Justin Robertson Club Dub) 05:57
Release Notes:
This song could easily open a late 70s US
situational drama, were it not for the gently
affecting vocals of one Tim Smith, mutating what
could easily end up in MOR hell into something a
little more interesting.
'Roscoe' does still lack a lilt or two, though.
Verse into chorus into verse and I still feel
somewhat less than displaced, despite the haunting
vocals and the sort of minor melodic twists that I
generally die for.
That's not to say that this single lacks merit, far
from it: 'Roscoe' oozes emotive lyrical calls and
the choral coos of the refrain pull this song out of
the background and leave it sitting out on the
patio, drenched in rain.
Instrumentally, this song is like a MIDI example
that you'd find with a school-orientated piece of
music software, but when the vocal melodies open out
over the top, it takes a life of its own.