Moody Pike

Brooklyn’s favorite country boys Pale Horse and Rider return with a stunner of a second album. Not to mention a new backing band, a full sound, and a batch of beautiful new songs. On "Moody Pike," PHR architect Jon DeRosa invites long time collaborator Marc Gartman (Low, Rivulets) in as a full partner. Add to the equation country boy Gerald Menke (ex-Mercury Rev) on pedal steel guitar, free-jazz wunderkind Mike Pride (Anthony Braxton, Dynamite Club) on drums, and Paul Oldham (Palace/Bonnie Prince Billy/Anomoanon) behind the mixing board. The result is a masterful country sound with the insightfulness of folk and the drive of bar room rock n’ roll. Recommended if you like: Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Graham Parsons, Waylon Jennings.

“[DeRosa] commands attention on his songs, each teeming with the kind of charred chagrin that only comes with self-awareness, worldliness, and the familiarity of repeated heartbreak.” – Nikki Tranter, Popmatters