We’re eagerly anticipating The Rosebuds’ follow up to 2009’s excellent Life Like—Low Planes Fly Low–coming out on Merge June 7.
In the intervening years, much has changed for The Rosebuds, formed by Kelly Crisp and Ivan Howard while students at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the earlier part of this decade. The former couple have divorced and Crisp has moved to New York. Merge calls the new record “a sad-eyed and bright new start for Kelly and Ivan, beautifully born of the struggle to define their relationship as bandmates-and more importantly, friends-outside of the context of marriage.”
Hear for yourself when The Rosebuds will play the free Local Beer Local Band series at Tir Na Nog in Raleigh this Thursday with Heads on Sticks. The night is billed as a launch part for this year’s second annual Hopscotch Music Festival.
