Mapache — Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci's cosmic-folk band best known for their “quintessentially laid-back” tunes (UNCUT) and “grooves so strong you can basically hear the sunshine” (NPR Music) — releases Roscoe's Dream on Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos. Brimming with the best of golden state folk, the band’s third LP of originals captures the sheer joy of sloppy face-kisses and sunny mid-afternoon walks between sweet harmonies and blissed-out guitar licks.
Listen to Roscoe’s Dream here.
On Mapache’s third LP of originals, the band’s 14-year-old Boston Terrier Roscoe takes center stage, scampering through a collection of deconstructed golden-age sketches, gentle rippers that pay homage to the DJ Art Laboe, and loving covers of Bo Diddley's "Diana" and Gabby Pahinui's "Kauai Beauty."
Having honed their distinct folk-western musicality on 2020’s From Liberty Street, Mapache’s Roscoe’s Dream proves that Blasucci and Finch’s chemistry, cultivated since they were young schoolmates, is alchemic. Calling in a handful of friends to play additional parts — including Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks on melodica and lap steel plus Spencer Dunham of the Allah-las on bass — has allowed Mapache to expand their distinct style through the full-bodied musicality of a bigger band.
“Roscoe's Dream drips with escapist charm,” says Mojo in an all new four star review, while Shindig praises the duo as "wayfaring strangers with a penchant for evoking beloved sounds and moods of the past, Mapache have matured into an entity with its own accomplished sound."
Recent single “Light My Fire” is a cosmic cluster of unsuspecting, delicate sounds that feel like a smoldering daydream, a slow morning, or the sweet beginnings of a forever love. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_AhJZEMUXw
Roscoe’s Dream follow’s last year’s 3, a lovingly crafted collection of covers that Aquarium Drunkard praised for being “curated in the best possible way: tracks that still sound quintessentially Mapache." Mapache will be hitting the road for a string of West Coast shows this May and June — full dates below.
MAPACHE CALIFORNIA’S GOLD TOUR
6/15 ❊ Costa Mesa, CA ❊ The Wayfarer
6/18 ❊ Bolinas, CA ❊ Smiley’s
6/19 ❊ Sacramento, CA ❊ Harlow’s
6/21 ❊ Albany, CA ❊ Ivy Room
6/22 ❊ Sonoma, CA ❊ Sebastiani Theatre
6/23 ❊ Nevada City, CA ❊ Crazy Horse
6/25 ❊ Chico, CA ❊ Duffy’s
MAPACHE ROSCOE'S DREAM TOUR (PNW)
7/12 ❊ Phoenix, AZ ❊ Rebel
7/13 ❊ Tuscon, AZ ❊ Hotel Congress Plaza
7/15 ❊ Fort Collins, CO ❊ Washington’s
7/16 ❊ Denver, CO ❊ Globe Hall
7/17 ❊ Salt Lake City, UT ❊ Commonwealth Room
7/19 ❊ Boise, ID ❊ Neurolux
7/21 ❊ Seattle, WA ❊ Sunset
7/22 ❊ Portland, OR ❊ Doug Fir Lounge
7/23 ❊ Vancouver, BC ❊ Wise Hall
7/24 ❊ Eugene, OR ❊ Sessions Music Hall
7/26 ❊ San Francisco, CA ❊ The Chapel
7/28 ❊ Pioneertown, CA ❊ Pappy & Harriet’s
7/29 ❊ Los Angeles, CA ❊ Zebulon
7/30 ❊ Los Angeles, CA ❊ Zebulon
Roscoe’s Dream Tracklist
I Love My Dog
They Don't Know At the Beach
Man And Woman
Asi Es La Vida
Pearl To The Swine
Polishing A Band
Diana
Nicolette
Light My Fire
Far Out of Ear Shot
Tend Your Garden
The Garden
Feel So Young
Tell Him
Casas De Sueños
Kaua'i Beauty
Love Can't Hold Me
Roscoes Dream
