No Stone Left Unturned
Release date: January 25th 2008

English

The cover of the new Rosqo album is graced by a rusty vehicle, probably the exact opposite of what you’ll find the band to be really like. Boys and girls, we are talking here about the true essence of rock music as it’s meant to be played in 2008. Intelligent, nostalgic, cultivated yet always on the lookout for a childish joke or a cheerful drink. The kids from Rosqo have been exploring the long road to musical fulfilment for quite a few years now, and with “No Stone Left Unturned”, they are getting very close to that dangerous place where Rock (call him Post, call it Pop, whatever, he doesn’t care) rears his weary head in search of young souls to sustain his battered old corpse.

The album was recorded in Bristol, at Toybox studio with Ali Chant, whose credentials with Gravenhurst, the Kills, PJ Harvey and Magicrays had aroused our four heroes to no end. They spent two weeks in their own private Abbey Road with the man who became their George Martin and their Steve Albini rolled into one. He came up with a hundred hat full of tricks and gave the Swiss heroes a tough but extremely fun time, pushing them, hounding for that last little bit of talent even they didn’t know existed down there in their puny little fingers. You’ll find daring sonic experimentations, massive vocal harmonies and quite a bit of pretty astonishing guitar work. No stone left unturned indeed…

The album will come crashing out early 2008 and will set the pace for the year to come, atmospheric, nostalgic, and at the same time wild and ecstatic, a mixture of extremely diverse influences, ranging from Mono to Foo Fighters, from Led Zeppelin to Seam, the rough and the cute, the beauty and the best of the beast, boys and girls, Gentlemen Records is very proud to bring you Rosqo, album number two.

Français

Quatre ans après le coup d’essai Taikonaut, le combo lausannois signe un retour éclatant avec No Stone Left Unturned. Enregistré à Bristol par Ali Chant (Gravenhurst, PJ Harvey, Magicrays), ce second album reprend les ingrédients des débuts pour les pousser vers de nouveaux horizons. Le rock de Rosqo prend l’ascenseur, multipliant les pistes musicales, jouant sur l’élasticité de la durée des morceaux. Du post-rock pour certaines constructions à des incises électroniques, le quatuor perfectionne son écriture, sans jamais oublier ses obsessions pop, sensibles lors de fulgurants changements de rythmes (Aaba) ou sur certaines parties vocales (Weird).

Servies par un son ample et des structures propices aux loopings, ces onze chansons dévoilent une palette large, mais toujours cohérente, où se télescopent mélodies fragiles, fracas de guitares et rythmiques composites. Et même si la tonalité du disque est plus sombre que par le passé, le travail sur les voix et les instrumentations permet à ces atmosphères de trouver un contrepoint mélodique idéal, jouant la carte de l’équilibre entre mélancolie subtile (Said) et accès de rage électrique (Off The Hook). En choisissant de retourner les pierres semées à ses débuts, Rosqo dévoile la carte d’un univers dense, où instinct et alchimie se mettent au service d’un rock frais et ambitieux.

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