Caitlin Rose

We love the style of A Negative Narrative, it’s a really refreshing website which instead of a dreary format (like this) ‘intraviews’ bands and asks them to  create a self portrait  in their own pictures…We could give the game away but we’d rather you went and had a look see yourself.

Recently we were offered a pair of free tickets to offer YOU our dear reader, to enjoy Caitlin Rose when she plays at the Brundenell 29th September, and thought what better way to introduce you to both Caitlin Rose and A Negative Narrative than to purloin their copy from a recent intraview and send you over to their site so you can answer the question to win said pair of tickets!

So in the comments box below let us know  ‘What  Caitlin Rose couldn’t live without‘ and the tie breaker will be decided by you telling us ‘What you couldn’t live without’ Closing date 25th September, tickets not to be resold or transferred.

For those of you who can’t wait here is the speil from A Negative Narrative, but you’d be missing a trick if you didn’t go peruse the site! (Not least because the answers to the competition wont be found in this excerpt).

Caitlin Rose has been turning heads across the pond for a while now. In 2009, the tambourine-toting 22-year-old performed at SXSW, supported Negative Narrative idols Herman Dune, toured the US of Stateside extensively and still found time to collaborate with other members of the Holly House collective in Nashville, Tennessee (her native city). Towards the end of the year she focused her efforts on these litter-strewn shores, playing a wide array of gigs in ‘that London’, catching food poisoning in Brighton and attracting the attention of several influential figureheads, one of whom was Marc Riley, who has since championed her songs on his BBC Radio 6 show with the persistence of a close family member.

Her music is decidedly country to the core. Some of you may shirk and shrink at the word, but Caitlin writes the kind of country that could spin an uninitiated listener on their spurs. It’s blissfully heart-wrenching and sung by a woman with a twang decades older than her soul. Her voice is truly extraordinary – or at least extraordinarily true to the legacy of this genre. Think Marlboro Reds, Emmylou Harris, denim jackets, Patsy Cline and leather boots, and if that sounds appealing, just wait until you hear her debut LP (Own Side Now) which features songs about teenage pregnancy, Neanderthal suitors, ruined love and female braggadocio. Upon release it achieved ‘Album Of The Week’(wait for it) in (deep breath) The Sunday Times, The Independent, Independent on Sunday and The Evening Standard, as well as earning top marks in everywhere from the NME to The Sun and Uncut. Throughout, Rose evinces an ability to faithfully evoke classic country styles in her songwriting while her voice and charisma make her all the more believable, like a sepia-tinted photo brought to life. And talking of photos, have a little look at what she’s done for us here, and download the free track (Sinful Wishing Well) which you’ll find on her LP.

Caitlin Rose is heading out on a mammoth UK tour (both as headliner, and with Deer Tick) in the next few months (check dates here). Why not go along so you can redefine ‘star quality’ in your mental dictionary and see why she’s the self-proclaimed ‘Queen Of The Hive’. Grab the LP too (buy it here from Rough Trade). All those media can’t be wrong. Well maybe they can, but we rarely are.