Wilco – Speak Into The Rose
Label: dBpm Records – ANTI- 87181-1
Format: Vinyl, 10", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Red
Country: UK, Europe & US
Released: 25 Nov 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
Wilco released a limited edition 10” vinyl 4-song EP, Speak Into The Rose, in 2011 in conjunction with Record Store Day’s Black Friday at independent music retailers worldwide.
Pressed on heavy weight translucent red vinyl, the new release features a demo version of “I Might,” the first single from Wilco’s recently released album The Whole Love, as well as an alternate version of The Whole Love’s epic opener “Art of Almost.” Also included are “Speak Into The Rose” and “Message From Mid-Bar,” two tracks previously available only on the deluxe CD version of The Whole Love.
Additionally, 30 lucky Record Store Day customers will find a special sticker on randomly distributed copies of Speak Into The Rose, and receive a poster signed by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.
Review by By Alex Hudson
The steady stream of new music just keeps on coming from Wilco. The dependable alt-country experimenters recently earned our mark of approval with their latest LP, The Whole Love, which we called "another brilliant display of refined musicality and playful, purposefully optimistic songwriting." Now, the band have detailed another new release in the form of the Speak into the Rose EP.
This ten-inch record includes four songs. Two of these -- the title track plus "Message from Mid-Bar" -- were previously available on the deluxe edition of The Whole Love. There's also an alternate version of the LP opener "Art of Almost," plus a demo cut of recent single "I Might."
The EP is being released this week (November 25) via Wilco's own dBpm Records as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday festivities. It's only fitting, given the vinyl-friendly nature of the event, that the EP will come on heavyweight translucent red vinyl. To make this even cooler, Anti- reports that 30 copies will come with a special sticker that grants the lucky buyer a poster signed by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy.
RSD's Black Friday event typically only occurs in the U.S., but the announcement also notes that the EP will be sold at "independent music retailers worldwide." In other words, it's not impossible that this will make its way into Canada.
Track Listing
A1 Art Of Almost (Alt.)
A2 I Might (Demo)
B1 Speak Into The Rose
B2 Message From The Mid-Bar
Published By – Words Ampersand Music
Recorded At – The Loft
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Phonographic Copyright (p) – dBpm Records
Copyright (c) – dBpm Records
Licensed To – Epitaph Records
Credits
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Greenberg
Engineer [With], Mixed By [With] – Jeff Tweedy, Patrick Sansone*
Engineer, Mixed By – Tom Schick
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Painting ["untitled" 2010] – Joanne Greenbaum
Producer – Jeff Tweedy
Producer [With] – Patrick Sansone*, Tom Schick
Written-By – Jeff Tweedy
Notes
Limited edition release for Records Store Day 25. November 2011.