Dorothy by Oh, Rose

'Dorothy' finds beloved Olympia/Portland group Oh, Rose at the height of their powers. They genre-hop with ease—skirting the edges of dream-pop, art rock, alt-country, and electro-pop—while singer Olivia Rose's elastic voice plumbs the depths of the human soul, full of existential yearning, tales of life on earth.

The band's first album in five years, it's named after Olivia Rose's grandmother, an expert quilter. Rose says she sees the album as its own quilt—both sonically and in terms of the slow and methodical process of making the album. "I always said this album was going to be a love album," she says, "and this record feels emblematic of the love I shared with her."

Tracklist

1.	It Takes Time to Love Me	3:46

2.	Back 2 U	3:42

3.	Body	2:32

4.	Currents	1:53

5.	Dog	2:18

6.	Roses	3:39

7.	The Call	3:31

8.	No Poet	2:31

9.	Man Compares Woman	3:57

10.	Tear Gas	4:12

11.	Toilet Water	3:07

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Credits

released September 5, 2024

OLIVIA ROSE: Lead vocals, guitar and lyrics. Synth "Back 2 U," percussion "It Takes Time to Love Me"
LIAM HINDAHL: Drums, percussion & backing vocals. Piano "It Takes Time to Love Me," electric guitar "Body"
VIN CHRISTOPHER: Bass guitar and backing vocals. Guitar "Toilet Water," "Body," "Back 2 U"
STEPHEN SMITH: Keyboard. Guitar "No Poet" and "The Call," production "Currents"

RIVER NASON: Guitar "Dog," "Toilet Water," and "Man Compares Woman," percussion "It Takes Time to Love Me," drums "Currents"
KIANA KEANE: Fiddle and backing vocals "Man Compares Woman"
JONATHAN THOMPSON: Piano "Tear Gas" and "Toilet Water," pedal steel "The Call"
NICO LIEBERMAN: Guitar "Man Compares Woman"
LAITH SCHERER: Guitar "The Call"
GRAHAM ULICNY: Guitar "Man Compares Woman"
CAMERON SPIES: Synth "Back 2 U"
TANNER DUNN: Bass guitar "Toilet Water"

Special thanks to: Anna Jeter, Laith Scherer, Merle Law, Jonathan Thompson, Stephen Smith, River Nason, Tanner Dunn, Grace Conklin, Oona Kamen-Torres, Ozzie Kamen-Torres, Chibi, Tuna, Jake and Max for backing vocals on "Dog," "Toilet Water," and "Tear Gas"

Mixed by Vin Christopher
Mastered by Fred Thomas

Cover art by Jake Tobin
Back cover art and album design by Mara Appel Des Lauriers

LPs distributed by The Business

REVIEWS

"Music to engage, music to consume and music to turn every sort of bad day around. It bleeds the Pixies, the 90’s and a kind of abandonment I thought we’d lost. Marvelous." - mp3hugger

"another strong set of expansive, cathartic, and compassionate songs...an impressive leap forward from one of the PNW’s finest hidden gems, delivering a record full of grit, sophistication, and emotions that 'aims to capture the love that can transform and move us through the darkness.'" - KEXP

"a dreamy and nostalgic tribute to keeping the hope alive." - She Makes Music

"frontwoman Olivia Rose has the guttural vocal chops of Sandy Denny and Catherine Ribeiro" - The Stranger

"Fronted by singer-songwriter Olivia Rose’s breathtaking vocals, Oh, Rose is one of the Mercury’s favorite indie rock bands right now" - The Portland Mercury

"The throttling indie rock sound, singer's Olivia Rose's vocal countenance, two parts frenetic beauty, one part exasperation, one part exalted survivorship somehow hugs you, commiserates with anyone who is going through something exhausting." - American Pancake

"a powerful gut-punch...with elements of Big Thief and Adrianne Lenker, and a unique quality of its own." - We All Want Something to Shout For

"Dorothy...bounces between joy and grief, rage and gratitude, ’80s synth-pop and shoegaze jangle. Rose’s voice can be breathy and ethereal, it can be hauntingly broken and sorrowful." - Portland Monthly

"Olivia Rose’s elastic vocals wrap around confessional lyrics with the kind of authenticity that makes the Pacific Northwest music scene feel perpetually vital..In transforming the everyday into the extraordinary, they’ve created something that feels both timeless and perfectly suited to this moment of collective uncertainty." - B-side Guys

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