Caroline Rose Announces New Album Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, Shares “Chow Mein”: Stream

Caroline Rose has announced a new album, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, out October 23rd via their newly launched label, SUCK records. For its latest preview, the singer and instrumentalist has shared a new single titled “Chow Mein” as they gear up to hit the road with Modest Mouse next month. Stream it below. Produced with John Congleton, the new album finds Rose pushing their knack for identifying the surreal within ordinary American life into increasingly strange territory. Its memoiristic songwriting is paired with expansive guitar textures, touches of surf-rock, spaghetti Western flourishes, and a darker current of suburban unease. Find Modest Mouse Tickets That sensibility carries into the quirky “Chow Mein,” which turns an awkward night out into a collision of menace and slapstick with lyrics like, “A bouncer at the door/ He asks for the password/ I’m already drunk cause I / Can’t afford a cocktail/ I pause before I throw up all over his tailored suit.” “I relate to characters who are a little strange, who are outsiders, who seem to fuck up a lot or find themselves in awkward situations,” Rose explained about their latest release. “Most of these stories are jus...