Rose Main Reading Room

Description

Rose Main Reading Room, the fourth album by Peel Dream Magazine, is a lush and inviting listening experience; the kind of album made to accompany city bus rides and solo journeys on rainy days to accidental destinations. The band, whose name nods to BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel – arbiter of all things underground, quality, and (it must be said) "cool" – has been a genre-bending experience since its inception, jumping from motorik krautrock to shoegaze and space-age pop, and their latest work is a perfect starting point for newcomers, calling for a rekindled romance and nostalgia with their catchiest collection of songs to date. Through its fifteen tracks, Rose Main Reading Room ultimately offers a world of irresistible wonder and complexity: "Oblast" boldly pushes towards assured mutual destruction; "Ocean Life" explores the infinite within ourselves; while "R.I.P. (Running in Place)" unpacks a painfully familiar stagnation. All of this is part of the transporting power of Rose Main Reading Room, which is always in search of the wonder and magic of the world we live in.