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Rose Melberg is an American musician and songwriter who has sung and played guitar as a member of Tiger Trap, The Softies and Go Sailor as well as on her own material.
Straight out of a Sacramento high school, Rose Melberg entered the indiepop 7-inch scene in 1992 with her first of many successful bands, Tiger Trap. Crunchy guitars and punk attitudes couldn’t hide Rose’s velvet voice and painfully-honest lyrics, and the all-girl foursome quickly became stars of a burgeoning indiepop/punk movement centered around Olympia, WA, and record labels like K and Kill Rock Stars. Too good to last, Tiger Trap split after their second U.S. tour, leaving one classic album and an EP on K Records. Wondrously prolific, Rose quickly teamed with uber-fan Jen Sbragia to form the The Softies, possibly her best-known project. With just two guitars and two angelic voices, from 1994 to 2001 The Softies debuted with a 7-inch and mini-LP on the wonderful Slumberland Records, toured the U.S. five times (once with Elliott Smith), released three amazing albums on K Records, and recorded several singles and compilation tracks.
At the same time, Rose somehow managed to front Go Sailor, who collected their sold-out and sought-after pop singles on Lookout! Records in 1997, and had two songs featured in the campy film, But I’m a Cheerleader. Never stopping, Rose also played drums on two albums with Gaze and recorded various duets and solo tracks while on tour. Those stray tracks were compiled on Portola, released by Double Agent Records in 1998.
Straight out of a Sacramento high school, Rose Melberg entered the indiepop 7-inch scene in 1992 with her first of many successful bands, Tiger Trap. Crunchy guitars and punk attitudes couldn’t hide Rose’s velvet voice and painfully-honest lyrics, and the all-girl foursome quickly became stars of a burgeoning indiepop/punk movement centered around Olympia, WA, and record labels like K and Kill Rock Stars. Too good to last, Tiger Trap split after their second U.S. tour, leaving one classic album and an EP on K Records. Wondrously prolific, Rose quickly teamed with uber-fan Jen Sbragia to form the The Softies, possibly her best-known project. With just two guitars and two angelic voices, from 1994 to 2001 The Softies debuted with a 7-inch and mini-LP on the wonderful Slumberland Records, toured the U.S. five times (once with Elliott Smith), released three amazing albums on K Records, and recorded several singles and compilation tracks.
At the same time, Rose somehow managed to front Go Sailor, who collected their sold-out and sought-after pop singles on Lookout! Records in 1997, and had two songs featured in the campy film, But I’m a Cheerleader. Never stopping, Rose also played drums on two albums with Gaze and recorded various duets and solo tracks while on tour. Those stray tracks were compiled on Portola, released by Double Agent Records in 1998.
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ticktree wrote:
She has such an incredibly soothing voice
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mitchkrokodil wrote:
there is no one who better captures how I feel or have ever felt about anything
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recrocodile wrote:
i was shot gently by her voice.
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applecloud wrote:
:) ♥
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mdt wrote:
Rose is now playing in a band called Brave Irene. Their debut EP will be released by Slumberland Records on March 15.
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WaywardWinds wrote:
brilliant.
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lightgreenpeas wrote:
Sweet.
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mintonmedia wrote:
She writes the kind of songs you want to hug.
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ehafh wrote:
*looks around*
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clovertia wrote:
love your songs
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DiabloCielo wrote:
She has a really pretty voice.
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timahall wrote:
I'm going to see her in a few days! Finally!
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Kapitol21 wrote:
Bear In A Cave is fantastic and trance-like
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fleshballoon wrote:
Could not make it to the Echo Curio show, but I did go to the Vacation in-store. Very lovely set!
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demiosaur wrote:
ahhh! I can't wait for LA shows :)
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timahall wrote:
Can't wait for the new album. Love love love love love her.
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candlaero wrote:
There is nothing quite so fine as....sitting in this patch of sunshine <3<3
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WoboWobo wrote:
I missed seeing her at the DoS!!!!! NOO
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lhwad wrote:
"indie pop royalty" um...yeah... "diminutive singer/songwriter" um..yeah
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disasterhead wrote:
happy birthday to me :(
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NPR Song of the Day
13 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/rosemelberg
"Old Days" was NPR's Song of the Day on August 19,
2009:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112020146August
19, 2009 - Rose Melberg's music seems to get softer with each
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