Roses & Clover

Brushfire

The members of ALO have been playing together for well over a decade, but it’s really only in the past few years that the rising Bay Area stars have truly hit their stride. Since forming in high school, the group has fashioned itself a horn-laced funk band, a trance-infused dance band, and a SoCal college party band. But, as Roses & Clover quickly proves, ALO’s true calling is writing the same sort of breezy, organic pop music that catapulted their college classmate and current label president, Jack Johnson, to fame. And, if the group’s Brushfire debut, Fly Between Falls, introduced the new ALO, Roses & Clover perfects its latest persona, thanks to choice tracks such as the Hawaiian-like “Plastic Bubble” and the Marvin Gaye-influenced “Shine.” The group hints at its past too, spicing up cuts like “Monday” with electronica teases which will no doubt be stretched out onstage. And, like Fly Between Falls, if Roses & Clover doesn’t turn ALO into a national attraction, it will certainly help a handful of college kids get laid along the way.

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