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Post by nash on Jun 23, 2009 17:23:34 GMT 1
a fairly short life, but two great albums and those appendices were top too. darn. from Chemikal Underground: De Rosa Sadly To Split It's always hard to break the news of a band calling it a day and in De Rosa's case it's particularly galling because they were so fucking good. Having announced it on their Twitter account it's now our turn to mourn the end of a band who were at the very top of their game. De Rosa's music was as complex as it was melodic - it exercised the head as well as the heart and their live performances could be as thrilling as any we've ever seen. Great bands are hard to come by - especially ones as literate and engaging as De Rosa - so they will be sadly missed and we can only hope that they go on to release music in some other guise in the near future, they know where we are if they do. A great, great band.
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Post by rob strong on Jun 23, 2009 20:07:30 GMT 1
As noted in another thread, 'Prevention' is the best record I've heard this year. Glad I got to see them, albeit only once. Hopefully we haven't heard the last of the songwriter(s?) behind the band.
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Post by tnaugler on Jun 23, 2009 20:56:47 GMT 1
I got that sad Twitter message on my phone first thing this morning and it seriously put a damper in my day.
I hope we haven't seen the last of these guys all together.
Even still, i wish them the best of luck in all of their future endeavors, musical and not.
De Rosa will surely be missed.
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Post by rob strong on Jun 23, 2009 23:03:33 GMT 1
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Post by tnaugler on Jun 23, 2009 23:13:48 GMT 1
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Post by noise is a friend on Jun 24, 2009 12:08:00 GMT 1
A shame, this. "Mend" is such a great album. I really should get a copy of their 2nd album (not sure why I've missed it to date).
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Post by rob strong on Jun 24, 2009 13:30:19 GMT 1
A shame, this. "Mend" is such a great album. I really should get a copy of their 2nd album (not sure why I've missed it to date). You really should. I'm a big fan of Chemikal's vinyl/mp3 packages... shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/CHEM115.html
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Post by klivert70 on Jun 29, 2009 0:37:17 GMT 1
Are Chemikal Underground cursed? Aereogramme, Arab Strap and now De Rosa, three great bands, who's next?
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Post by rob strong on Jul 2, 2009 14:18:33 GMT 1
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