Arrica Rose Releases Lucky

Singer-Songwriter Arrica Rose who grew up in the San Fernando Valley of California released her new EP Lucky on April 13^th at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles. Arrica Rose’s breathtakingly beautiful vocals and the ethereal music on the song “Microscope,” are juxtaposed to a more somber theme of overanalyzing love.  She is backed by her band the ...'s (dot, dot, dot's) and guest musicians.

In our soon to be published interview with Arrica Rose she talks about the song “Microscope,” “It began with me saying to someone else, just put away the microscope and let’s not dissect this thing. That just stayed in my brain and to the point that I ended up writing it down on one of the many pieces of paper that I write things on. Really what I was saying is look at the big picture. Don’t try to overanalyze every tiny little detail to the point where everything is just this big mess.”

The words, “So put away the microscope, let’s live in a big picture that paints us lucky,” tell you all you need to know about the message behind a song that is one of the prettiest Riveting Riffs Magazine has heard this year.  

The EP Lucky found Aricca Rose in the studio once more with producer Dan Garcia who was also guided two of her previous albums (Pretend I’m Fur and La La Lost). A very small sampling of the many artists with whom Dan Garcia has worked in the studio includes, Rod Stewart, Helen Reddy, Toto, Glenn Frey, Starship, Boz Scaggs, Crystal Lewis, David Crosby, Christina Aguilera and Al DiMeola. 

The sixth and last song “Paper Days,” was co-written by Rose and Garcia and the words “If there’s a place for words let’s build our quiet in between / We’ll bridge the silence that leads to what allows us to be accustomed to letting go,” demonstrate once again what her earlier records revealed, that she is a powerful lyricist. Lyrics however, are just words unless the singer is able to bring them to life. Arrica Rose’s songs play out before you like a film and her dramatic delivery on “Paper Days,” is captivating and even that word is not adequate to describe her performance.

“Come On Home To Me,” is a song about tender love, about knowing you are home in the arms of the one you love. This song is not syrupy. It is not filled with clever or trite hooks. This is a beautiful love letter about simply living life, knowing who we want in our life and being content. Arrica Rose is like an artist painting on a canvas, “You’re restless, babe. Letting plans slip through your hourglass like hands again. / How late you stay awake last night, staring at the moon, watching it cut the sky like a knife?” and then she dips her brush into some new colors, “…But then you held me and 
whispered don't ever leave 'cause this is all. This is all we need.

” We really like violinist Kaitlin Wolfberg’s introduction to this song in other places her violin is used to create a gentle, tender feel to the music.

The rest of the musicians who play on the EP Lucky are Arrica Rose on guitar, omnichord and piano, Marc Thomas (lead guitar), Steve Giles (bass and baritone guitar), drummer and percussionist Ryan Brown, trumpeter Harry Kim, trombonist Janeen Apodaca and Jennifer Bliman plays French horn.

Arrica Rose’s brand new release is called Lucky and if you take the time to listen to and purchase this six song EP you are the one who will really be lucky, because every one of these songs is a gem and that is not something that can often be said of full length albums.

You can hear one of the songs from Lucky on Arrica Rose’s website, the song “Microscope.”              Return to our Front Page

Reviewed by Joe Montague

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