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May 09, 2017 By Charles Steinberg New Rose

New Rose is a new alt-country-rock quintet from Brooklyn with a nice name and the sultry familiarity of old sound. As is stated in their bio, “True country music is rare in modern independent music…the solitary sort, heartbroken, kicking around in dirty boots.” Damn straight, and secretly, I’ve been wondering when I could move on from listening to Dwight Yoakam records. Thankfully, Under the Radar got their hands on “Waiting On Me”, New Rose’s first song released from their debut album Morning Haze, due out in June on Broken Circles Records.

The charmingly impressive Morning Haze was recorded with producer Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Ariel Pink). Including members of indie rock bands Big Eyes and RIPS, Morning Haze has the sound of slowly dripping tree sap, subdued in the same earthly sweetness. It ialso ssues the fresh breeze of country air found on Psychic Ills’ brilliant record from last year, Inner Journey Out.

According to the bio, “The record contains 3 original tracks featuring the legendary JayDee Maness on pedal steel, best known for his emotive leads on Eric Clapton’s ‘Tears in Heaven,’ Gram Parson’s ‘The International Submarine Band,’ and The Byrd’s ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’, which is widely considered to be the first country-rock album recorded.”