“‘Hollow Moon’ started as a guitar riff on my voice memo with what sounded like me mumbling ‘hollow moon’ over and over,” says Rouse. “Through the course of several decades, I've learned it's best to stick to the original mumble whether it has meaning or not. I came up with some lonely, only-child verses and sent them to Matt Costa to lay some of his Kinksish harmonies. Very catchy. Perhaps a hit.”
Inspired by a desire to perform live during a time when that was virtually impossible to do, Josh Rouse wrote the songs for Going Places over the last two years while hunkered down with his family in Spain. He recorded and produced the album in his home studio, engaging his longtime production partner Brad Jones to assist with mixing.
Where 2018’s Love in the Modern Age saw Rouse use keyboard-based retro-new wave music, Going Places has classic guitar melodies, organ and horns, layers of backing vocals and used his Spanish band for a relaxed set of songs.
Rouse explains, “A couple of friends of mine – my Spanish band – bought a small venue, sort of like a 1950’s American bar. I said, ‘Let’s get together and play some songs in the bar - something that feels good in a smaller room. Just toe-tappers.’” He continues, “A year later, after things opened up a bit , I said ‘Why don’t we just go in and I’ll produce it, and let’s just record these songs and see what happens? And that’s what the Going Places record is - stuff that just felt good to play to a live audience.”
Track listing:
Apple of My Eye
City Dog
Henry Miller’s Flat
Hollow Moon
Waiting On The Blue
She’s in LA
There’s Somebody Whose Job It Is
The Lonely Postman
Indian Summer
Stick Around
Henry Miller’s Flat
Hollow Moon
Waiting On The Blue
She’s in LA
There’s Somebody Whose Job It Is
The Lonely Postman
Indian Summer
Stick Around
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